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ASIC chair appointed to IOSCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... 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 said ...

IOSCO recommends reforms to the $4.7tr MMF sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
An IOSCO review into the $4.7 trillion global money market fund sector has recommended further reforms to prevent a recurrence of the contagion crisis that fuelled the GFC in 2008. "Although money market funds (MMF) did not cause the crisis, their performance ...

Equity clearing and settlement discussion paper released

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... on market function, access, competition and stability. Recent European developments in settlement and minimums imposed by IOSCO are both being considered in potential responses. Submissions are due to Treasury by August 10.

Wealthy clients need consumer protections too: FPSB

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... is the owner of the Certified Financial Planner certification. They were responding to the issue, following release of an IOSCO report entitled 'Suitability Requirements with Respect to the Distribution of Complex Financial Products' that proposed nine ...

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... 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 down ...

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... 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 and financial ...

Rethink before you rebuild

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... of independent machines. Speaking at yesterday's Melbourne Financial Services Symposium, Jane Diplock AO, chairman of the IOSCO executive committee and chair of the New Zealand Securities Commission, said we can't rebuild the system unless we rethink ...

ASIC outlines credit agency requirements

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... ASIC is also imposing specific conditions on AFSL's granted to credit rating agencies that require firms to comply with the IOSCO Code of Conduct Fundamentals for Credit Rating Agencies and lodge an IOSCO Code Annual Compliance Report to ASIC. These ...

PE managers should not mislead: IOSCO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
In one of the more bizarre regulatory releases since the GFC, global regulatory group IOSCO has issued a report outlining guidelines for private equity managers stating that they should be honest and always act in their clients best interests. IOSCO ...

D'Aloisio nominated Joint Forum chair

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... works with the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organisation for Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Nominations for the Joint Forum's chair occur every two ...