IOSCO Good Practice for CIS Fees and Expenses seeks to enhance market efficiency LeapRate

August 26, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOSCO Good Practice for CIS Fees and Expenses seeks to enhance market efficiency

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has published the final report on Good Practice for Fees and Expenses of Collective Investment Schemes (CIS), which aims to identify common international examples of good practice that can be applied to CIS fees and expenses. Regulators have long been concerned about the impact of CIS…

August 18, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CPMI-IOSCO publish a second consultative report

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have published for public comment a second consultative report on Harmonisation of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI). The consultative report makes proposals for the harmonised global UPI, whose purpose is to uniquely identify over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives products that authorities…

August 16, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FIA welcomes regulatory focus on central counterparty risk

The Futures Industry Association (FIA) has welcomed publication of reports from the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) as an important step in ensuring the safety and resilience of the derivatives clearing infrastructure globally (CPMI-IOSCO consultative document and FSB discussion paper). Walt Lukken, president…

August 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOSCO publishes Consultation Report on liquidity of the secondary corporate bond markets

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a Consultation Report on liquidity of the secondary corporate bond markets, with a view to encouraging the public to comment on its analysis, data and conclusions. The Board also requests that market participants provide any data relating to liquidity in the corporate bond…

June 29, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Guidance on cyber security for the financial industry set by CPMI and IOSCO

International organizations The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today released the final report Guidance on cyber resilience for financial market infrastructures (“Cyber Guidance”). The Cyber Guidance report is the first internationally agreed guidance on cyber security for the financial industry. It has been…

May 20, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft hands over IOSCO leadership to Hong Kong SFC head Ashley Alder

ASIC Chairman Greg Medcraft has confirmed that he has decided not to seek a further term as Chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The new IOSCO Chairman will be Ashley Alder, CEO of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong and currently Vice Chair of the IOSCO…

May 11, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Bloomberg confirms its Forex benchmarks comply with IOSCO principles

Bloomberg announced today the successful completion of an independent assessment confirming the alignment of the BFIX family of benchmarks with the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) principles for financial benchmarks. The assessment was conducted by Ernst & Young LLP (EY). The BFIX family of benchmarks covers spot, forward and non-deliverable forward rates for a…

November 23, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Cypriot regulator tells investment firms on IOSCO Alerts List to clear record

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today reminded Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs), that is binary and Forex brokers, of their responsibilities regarding their investment activities in third countries. In a circular out today, the Cypriot watchdog flashed its regulatory teeth at investment firms which it regulates but which have been included in the Investors…

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