VQF Financial Services Standards Association

Companies

I. Summary

Thank you for your interest in our association and our services. We would be very pleased to welcome you as a member of the VQF.

Would you like to join the VQF as an BOVV member only or as a VQF SRO member too? For information about SRO membership: see SRO heading

 

 

II. If you are already a VQF SRO member

 

SRO members can also become subject to supervision by the VQF in its new function as an industry organisation for asset managers (BOVV) under simplified conditions of admission. It is only necessary to submit the following declaration of change of membership status to the VQF. By doing so SRO members confirm their wish to also become subject to VQF BOVV supervision:

Change of membership status
VQF Doc-No. 500.10

 

III. BOVV membership only (applicants with no existing VQF membership)

Please read the instructions first. They provide information on all the documents to be submitted. If you have any further questions or anything is unclear we will be pleased to help you to fill out the application form.

 

Instructions VQF Doc-No. 500.12

Application

 VQF Doc-No. 500.11

Signatures page

 VQF Doc-No. 806.1

Information about ownership/shareholding

 VQF Doc-No. 807.1

Company declaration

 VQF Doc-No. 906.2

Personal declaration

 VQF Doc-No. 906.1

Information concerning the contact person and authorisation of access for the industry organisation division

 VQF Doc-No. 500.13

 

This section (III) is only applicable to applicants with no existing VQF membership and does not apply to existing VQF SRO members (for existing SRO members: see Declaration of change under section II).

 

 

IV. VQF BOVV and SRO membership (applicants with no existing VQF membership)

 

Please read the instructions first. They provide information on all the documents to be submitted. If you have any further questions or anything is unclear we will be pleased to help you to fill out the application form.

Instructions

 VQF Doc-No. 201.2

Application for admission

 VQF Doc-No. 201.1

Description of current/planned business activities

 VQF Dok-Nr. 201.3

Signatures page

 VQF Doc-No. 806.1

Information about ownership/shareholding

 VQF Doc-No. 807.1

Information about the internal special department

 VQF Doc-No. 907.1

Details of the person responsible for the AMLA

 VQF Doc-No. 910.1

Mandate concerning access authorisation

 VQF Doc-No. 908.1

Company declaration

 VQF Doc-No. 906.2

Personal declaration

 VQF Doc-No. 906.1

Checklist for internal guidelines

 VQF Doc-No. 1108.1

Sample internal guidelines

 VQF Doc-No. 1108.2

Information concerning the contact person and
authorisation of access for the industry organisation division

VQF Doc-No. 500.13

 

This section (IV) is only applicable to applicants with no existing SRO membership and does not apply to existing VQF SRO members (for existing SRO members: see Declaration of change under section II).

 

 

Please note that only the German version is legally binding.


 

 

Please note that only the German version is legally binding.