The Supervision Department of the VFSC is responsible for Financial Dealers Licensing and supervision. For more information regarding financial dealers licensing please contact : Ms. Hanson Moli , Email: hmoli@vfsc.vu.
FDL Legislation’s
Copies of the original Financial Dealers Licensing Act can be found here, click English Version or French Version. Please note that it has been subsequently amended. Historical version of the Financial Dealers Licensing Act-previously known as “Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Acts” and the “Dealers in Securities (Licensing) Act”-can be found on PacLii Vanuatu legislation section http://www.paclii.org/countries/vu.html . Other amendments can be found in here:
- Financial Dealers Licensing (Amendment) Act No.5 of 2024
- Loi No.5 de 2024 sur la Lutte Contre la Fraude à l’investissement (Modification)
- Loi Modificative N°10 de 2023 (Dispositions diverses)
- Financial Dealers Licensing (Amendment) Act No.9 Of 2021
- Loi N°9 de 2021 sur l’Octroi de Licence aux Négociants en Finance (Modification)
- Financial Dealers Licensing (Amendment) Act No. 31 of 2018
- Loi N°31 de 2018 sur l’octroi de licence aux Négociants de titres (Modification)
- Statute Law Act No.35 of 2017
- Loi modificative N°35 de 2017 (Dispositions diverses)
- Dealers in Securities (Licensing) Amendment Act No 11 of 2017
- Loi No 11 de 2017 sur Les Courtiers en Valeurs Mobiliers (Delivrance de Patente) (Modification)
- Prevention of Fraud (Amendment) Act NO. 39 of 2005
- Loi No. 39 de 2005 sur la Prevention of Fraud (modification)
- Prevention of Fraud (Investments) (Am) Act No. 7 of 2012
- Loi No 7 de 2012 sur la Lutte contre la Fraude à l_Investissement (Modification)
List of Licensees:
Financial-Dealers-Licensee-List-Dated-19-May-2025
Remittance Information :
Forms:
- Application form – Managers License
- Application Form – Principals License
- Application form – Representative License
- Personal Questionnaire
Financial Dealers Licensing Guidelines:
2023
2021
- Guidance note on outsourcing
- Guidance on Custody.docx
- Guideline for Managers License
- Guidelines on Application
- Guidance Digital Asset
- Licensing Criteria of Financial Dealers
- Physical Presence
- Risk Management guide
2017
- VFSC Guidance Notes Addressing Complaints Against a Financial Dealers Licensee
- Fit and Proper Guidelines
- Guidance notes for applications
- MARKET PRACTICE AND CODE OF CONDUCT
- Guidance Notes on FIT and Proper Criteria – VFSC – French
Notice:
- PUBLIC NOTICE – Financial Dealers Licensing (Amendment) Act No 5 of 2024
- VFSC Press Release – Crypto & Digital Assets Trading
- PUBLIC NOTICE – Financial Dealers Licensing
- FINANCIAL-DEALERS-LICENSING-ACT-AMENDMENT-PUBLIC-NOTICE-1
- Press-Release-Digital-Assets