The EAFI are financial advisory firms and independent, personalized, transparent and patrimonial conflict of interest; for both private investors and companies; and supervised by the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV).
The EAFI are regulated by RD 217/2008 of 15 February on the legal regime for investment services firms, and by the Circular 10/2008 issued by the CNMV, wich provide information, statistics y main figures of EAFI.
The Oficina de Atención al Inversor de la Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores provide a list of the Empresas de Asesoramiento Financiero, inform about what EAFI are, the services they offer, how they should act and the expenses related to the advise service. This document could be consulted at Guía EAFI CNMV.