Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) was established on 15 February 1996 under the Labuan Financial Services Authority Act 1996. Labuan FSA is the statutory body responsible for the development and administration of the Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (Labuan IBFC).

The key objectives of Labuan FSA are to:

• Promote and develop Labuan as an international centre for business and financial services; 
• Develop national objectives, policies and priorities for the orderly development and administration of international business and financial services in Labuan;
• Act as the central regulatory, supervisory and enforcement authority of the international business and financial services industry in Labuan. 

Labuan FSA licenses and regulates licensed entities operating within Labuan IBFC and to ensure all such entities remain in compliance with the Labuan laws and regulations and adhere to the international standards, which are adopted by the jurisdiction. Labuan FSA develops regulatory policies to ensure orderly conduct of business and financial services in Labuan IBFC.

FCA regulates the financial services industry in the UK.

FCA aims to make sure that financial markets work well so that consumers get a fair deal. This means ensuring that, the financial industry is run with integrity, firms provide consumers with appropriate products and services, and consumers can trust that firms have their best interests at heart.

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is the independent public supervisory Authority responsible for the supervision of the investment services market and transactions in transferable securities carried out in the Republic of Cyprus.

CySEC is to exercise effective supervision to ensure investor protection and the appropriate development of the securities market.

Economic activity of a free target-oriented zone in Dubai is regulated by the DFSA.

Management of resources and securities, execution of banking and trust services, Islamic finance, exchange of international equities and derivatives, as well as insurance matters fall within the competence of the DFSA.

Activity of DFSA is based on a principle of risk-related regulation and avoidance of unnecessary regulatory implications. Besides, the agency made it clear that the obligations liable to fulfillment should comply with optimization of risks in order for such obligations to be successfully met.

Under the circumstances, the priorities include generation of a cycle of risk optimization that aims at identification, evaluation and assessment of risks in order to enhance local and international markets and their patterns.

According to DFSA, the reality of efficient risk-based regulation is more important than the way of its achievement.

FSC is the integrated regulator for the financial services sector (other than banking) and global business. The FSC licences ‘Investment Dealers’, not forex brokers.

Strong regulation and supervision are essential to ensure stability in the financial system. FSC's objective is to position Mauritius as a jurisdiction of substance with the right balance between regulation and business development.