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ASIC calls for standard cyber risk measure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... Speaking at a Bloomberg Address in Sydney, Medcraft said that the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has made the risk of cyber-attacks "a priority" under his chairmanship. He said that companies can never be completely secure ...

IOSCO updates FinLit framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has released its final report outlining its global framework for investor education and financial literacy. In their Strategic Framework for Investor Education and Financial Literacy report ...

Regulators relaxed about social media: IOSCO

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
The International Organsation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has just released research into how regulators around the world are permitting the use of social media as part of the advice channel. The survey was conducted during 2013 and focused heavily ...

IOSCO recommends improved disclosure for direct products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... directly distributed financial products has pushed a Joint Forum of the International Organisation of Securities Organisations (IOSCO) to call for improved global regulation and disclosure standards for products sold this way. In Australia directly distributed ...

ASIC examines risks posed by complex products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... products. The new report follows the publication in December of an International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) report, Regulation of retail structured products, which provides a toolkit outlining regulatory options that securities regulators ...

ASIC publishes Medcraft travel details

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... of these visits include meetings in his capacity as chairman of the International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO). The ASIC boss has faced criticism in the media for his role with IOSCO - to which he was elected early last year and for ...

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... seriously," he said. Medcraft also defended his position as chair of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) against "critical media reports". "This is a role I was elected to by countries around the world in 2012 and took up ...

International advice meeting to develop new strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... certification has to play. FPSB became an affiliate member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) last year and it will also discuss how the organisation and its embers can partner with regulators on the oversight of the ...

ASIC finds hedge funds pose no systemic risk

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... assets in 2010 to 1.51 times assets in 2012. In 2010 and 2012, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) called on members to survey their jurisdictions' largest hedge fund managers to better understand the systemic risk these ...

Global ETF regulation proposed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has issued a report outlining how it wants exchange traded investment vehicles regulated globally. The report was triggered by the rush of money that poured into ETFs and similar products ...