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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 ...

Medcraft always going to testify at inquiry: ASIC

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... seriously," he said. Fairfax Media claimed Medcraft would be meeting with the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSO) in Kuala Lumpur on February 19th, two days after the inquiry was scheduled to begin. In the ASIC statement, it said ...

ASIC examines risks posed by complex products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... complex 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 ...

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
... and CFP 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 ...

ASIC finds hedge funds pose no systemic risk

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... times 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 ...

Global ETF regulation proposed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... are not asset backed or cap-weighted. Responding to these developments, IOSCO is proposing that national securities commissions should introduce disclosure requirements that will enable investors to easily differentiate the various types of ETFs from ...

ASIC chair appointed to IOSCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... 32 securities regulatory authorities. Medcraft took over as chair of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) during a board meeting last week. Medcraft succeeds Masamichi Kono of the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) and ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has been elected chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at the annual conference in Beijing. Medcraft's IOSCO term will begin when current chairman, Masamichi Kono, steps ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... exchange-traded vehicles (ETV). The paper, issued by the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), focuses on the quality of regulation and industry practices, investor protection, sound functioning of markets ...