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Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios (Brazil)

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The Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios (CVM) is Brazil's securities market authority, established in December 1976 under Law 6385/76 and headquartered in Rio de Janeiro with regional offices in Sao Paulo and Brasilia. Operating as an independent agency under the Ministry of Finance, it regulates capital markets and securities trading, supervises market participants, maintains registries of publicly held companies, sets trading rules, investigates market irregularities and oversees the B3 stock exchange, South America's largest.

Facts
Founding YearSourced to the subject's own account
1976 1
Founding DateSourced to the subject's own account
1976-12-07 1
HeadquartersSourced to the subject's own account
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1
Classification
Institution SubtypeSourced to the subject's own account
Regulatory Agency 1
Geography
Country or Jurisdiction Served
Brazil 2
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1. Securities Commission (Brazil) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • History section: 7 December 1976 establishment sentence
    The CVM was established on 7 December 1976, with the passing of the Brazilian legislation Law (6385/76).
  • Structure section: Rio de Janeiro headquarters sentence
    The CVM is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and has two regional offices in Sao Paulo and Brasilia.
  • Introduction, institution-subtype
    Operating as an independent agency under the Ministry of Finance, it regulates capital markets and securities trading, supervises market participants, maintains registries of publicly held companies, sets trading rules, investigates market irregularities and oversees the B3 stock exchange, South America's largest.
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2. Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios (Brazil) (Wikipedia)
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