Executive Summary
AA-A.1.1
This Module presents requirements that have to be met by
investment firm licensees with respect to the appointment of external auditors. This Module also sets out certain obligations that external auditors have to comply with, as a condition of their appointment byinvestment firm licensees .AA-A.1.2
This Module is issued under the powers given to the Central Bank of Bahrain (‘CBB’) under Decree No. (64) of 2006 with respect to promulgating the Central Bank of Bahrain and Financial Institutions Law 2006 (‘CBB Law’). It supplements Article 61 of the CBB Law, which requires
licensees to appoint an external auditor acceptable to the CBB.Amended: January 2007