Tag: International Organization of Securities Commissions

IOSCO issues statement on liquidity risk management recommendations for investment funds
November 09, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOSCO consults on Other CRA Products and their use by market participants

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation report titled Other CRA Products, which seeks further insight into how market participants use non-traditional, products or services offered by credit rating agencies (CRAs). The objective of the consultation report is to clarify information provided by respondents to two survey questionnaires…

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October 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOSCO opens consultation on derivatives data harmonisation

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have published for public comment a consultative report on Harmonisation of critical OTC derivatives data elements (other than UTI and UPI) – second batch. The report responds to the G20’s agreement in 2009 that all OTC derivatives contracts would…

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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…

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