The Securities Act 2005 and rules & regulations made under it allow for Investment Dealer Companies to be set up and licenced in Mauritius. This license is beneficial to brokerage houses around the world. Being licenced in Mauritius offers the advantage of a modern and flexible securities law, issues licences within a reasonable time and requires reasonable minimum capital requirement. The Act allows for several categories of the investment dealer licence and clearly sets out the activities authorised to be carried out under each category as follows: