International Organization of Securities Commissions

Crypto / Digital Assets

IOSCO Highlights Debt Market Concerns in Annual Work Programme

By Editors | 31/01/2020

The 2020 work programme provides an update on five existing priorities and an overview of planned work on a new priority – corporate debt and leveraged loans.

Securities / Derivatives

IOSCO Issues Final Report Recommending UTC Time Stamping of Trades

By Editors | 20/01/2020

Trading venues and their participants should synchronise the clocks they use for timestamping reportable events with coordinated universal time (UTC), IOSCO says.

Market Infrastructure

RBI Names Six ‘Significant’ Financial Benchmarks

By Editors | 06/01/2020

Financial Benchmarks India Pvt Ltd has three months to make an application to the RBI for authorisation to continue administering the benchmarks.

Securities / Derivatives

SFC Concludes Consultation on OTC Derivatives Margin Requirements

By Manesh Samtani | 19/12/2019

IM requirements will be phased in for firms with AANA exceeding HK$375bn starting from 1 September 2020, the same date VM requirements take effect.

Securities / Derivatives

IOSCO Offers Guidance on Reducing Conflicts in Debt Capital Raising

By Editors | 18/12/2019

The guidance includes proposed regulatory measures to address potential conflicts of interest and associated conduct risks that could arise in the debt capital raising process.

Securities / Derivatives

IOSCO Unveils Framework for Monitoring Leverage-related Risks in Funds

By Editors | 16/12/2019

IOSCO has developed a framework for monitoring leverage across all types of investment funds globally, to help regulators assess leverage-related risks that can undermine financial stability.

Market Infrastructure

LSEG to Provide Post Trade Technology for Philippine Bourse

By Editors | 12/12/2019

The Securities Clearing Corporation of the Philippines will use LSEG technology to enhance its clearing, settlement, risk and collateral management capabilities.

Market Infrastructure

CPMI, IOSCO Share Lessons of Supervisory Cooperation on Market Infrastructures

By Editors | 12/12/2019

Among the key features of successful cooperative arrangements are strong, trusted relationships between authorities and a willingness to exchange information.

AML / KYC

SFC Unveils Regulatory Framework for Crypto Exchanges

By Manesh Samtani | 07/11/2019

Under the new framework, announced at Hong Kong Fintech Week, platform operators that offer trading in virtual assets classified as securities may seek Type 1 and Type 7 licences from the SFC.