International Organization of Securities Commissions (Iosco)
Iosco joins call for offshore crackdown
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) has joined calls for new capital rules to enforce transparency on offshore financial centres.
Iosco updates rating agencies' implementation of code of conduct
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Iosco report recommends improved global supervision of commodity futures
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Iosco aims to boost oversight on commodity futures
Today, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) published guidelines for improving the transparency and supervision of commodity futures markets.
Iosco reports on outsourcing principles
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FSA to extend short selling oversight
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) will continue to monitor short equity positions until June 30 this year, under proposals released this week.
Iosco launches task forces to support G-20 aims
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Cesr, Iosco speak out on CRAs
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Iosco calls for international co-ordination on rating agency reform
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Iosco says regulators should monitor and inspect rating agencies
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) has recommended regulators monitor and inspect rating agencies to check whether they are following its code of conduct.
Iosco releases report on rating agencies code-of-conduct
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Iosco stiffens code of conduct for rating agencies
The Madrid-based International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) has issued a report tightening its voluntary code of conduct for rating agencies.
MBS capital charges coming soon in Basel II shake-up
Basel II capital requirements on structured credit products are to be raised as part of a wide-ranging review of risk management practices for financial institutions in G-7 nations, the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) has announced.
Iosco updates securities regulation
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Iosco blames widespread credulity for credit crisis
Investors trusted credit ratings agencies too much, and the agencies themselves were too trusting of their clients, according to a white paper out this week from the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco).
Iosco proposes changes to rating agencies’ code of conduct
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Standard & Poor’s pledges to reform the credit rating process
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Iosco task force latest to investigate subprime crisis
The Madrid-based International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) is creating a task force to review the recent disturbance in global credit markets and decide whether the body can help prevent such problems in future.
FSA and Iosco eye hedge fund fraud
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) has outlined its plans to clamp down on hedge fund fraud.
Regulators need balanced hedge funds supervision, say panellists at Iosco event
Hedge funds are providing more liquidity in financial markets but more regulation is also needed to allow them to grow and operate efficiently, said participants at the second public panel at the 31st Annual Conference of the International Organization…
Final report on compliance function at market intermediaries published
The technical committee (TC) of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) has published its final report on the compliance function at market intermediaries. The TC prepared this paper to set out a number of supplementary…
Proposed conduct code for creditratings agencies draws criticism
“Fairly or not, rating agencies have been in the spotlight in the wake of recent high-profile corporate scandals,” said David Knott, chairman of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (Iosco) technical committee in September 2003 when…