Euronext Brussels

Private investors cannot trade directly with the Exchange. They require a bank, broker or private wealth manager to execute their order on the Euronext trading platform. Our broker list provides you with an overview of accredited intermediaries.

Brokers list

Since 1 April 2011, the supervision of the Belgian financial sector is organised with two autonomous regulatory bodies, the Belgian National Bank (BNB) and the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA).

This bipartite model, known as the “Twin Peaks” model, is intended to provide a structure for the two major objectives of the supervision of the financial sector:

• maintaining the macro and micro-economic stability of the financial system, which falls under the competence of the BNB, and
• ensuring that market processes are equitable and transparent, that relationships between market participants are appropriate and that clients are treated honestly, fairly and professionally, tasks which fall within the competence of the FSMA. The FSMA is also responsible for Prospectus, Transparency and Market Abuse regulations.

Declaration of crossing of thresholds – Euronext Brussels

A single Euronext Rule Book governs trading on all Euronext Securities and Derivatives Markets. It contains both harmonised and non-harmonised, or local, rules.

The harmonised rules are as follows:

• Rule Book I contains the Harmonised Rules, including rules of conduct and of enforcement, designed to protect the markets, as well as rules on listing, trading and membership;
• Notices regarding the organisation of Trading 
• Notices regarding the organisation of Members
• Notices regarding the organisation of Issuers

The non-harmonised rules are as follows:

• Rule Book II and Notices applicable to Euronext Brussels, the regulated market operated by Euronext Brussels SA/NV.