Knowledge: regulators
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- society → law → legal information → business and corporate law → securities
Links
- Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority
http://www.pszaf.hu/ - Also known as Pénzügyi Szervezetek Állami Felügyelete.
- United Kingdom - Financial Services Authority
http://www.fsa.gov.uk - Regulator of all providers of financial services in the UK; Bank of England retains responsibility for systemic risk.
- Switzerland - Swiss Federal Banking Commission
http://www.ebk.admin.ch/e/ - Also known by its German-language initials, EBK. Supervises banks, investment funds, mortgage bond issuance, stock exchanges and securities dealers, and disclosure of shareholdings and public takeover bids.
- Austrian Financial Market Authority
http://www.fma.gv.at/ - Combines the former regulatory roles of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Austrian Securities Authority (Bundes-Wertpapier-Aufsicht).
- Iceland - Financial Supervisory Authority
http://www.fme.is/ - The Fjármálaeftirlitsins is responsible for the official regulation and supervision of financial operations in Iceland.
- Chile - Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros
http://www.svs.cl/ - The Chilean securities and insurance regulator, with copies of most financial laws, and more content in Spanish.
- Anguilla - Financial Services Department
http://www.anguillafsc.com/ - Includes ACORN, Anguilla's Commercial Online Registration Network, by which companies can be registered.
- Gibraltar - Financial Services Commission
http://www.fsc.gi/ - Statutory body corporate established by the 1989 Financial Services Commission Ordinance.
- Hong Kong - Securities and Futures Commission
http://www.hksfc.org.hk/ - Unified regulator for Hong Kong's financial markets.
- Hong Kong - Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
http://www.info.gov.hk/oci/ - Regulatory body set up for the administration of the Insurance Companies Ordinance.
- Danish Financial Supervisory Authority
http://www.ftnet.dk/ - The Finanstilsynet attends to the financial regulation in Denmark, and is an institution under the responsibility of the Minister for Economic Affairs.
- India - Securities and Exchange Board of India
http://www.sebi.gov.in/ - SEBI protects the interests of investors in securities and promotes the development of the securities market through appropriate regulation.
- Isle of Man - Financial Supervision Commission
http://www.gov.im/fsc/ - Manx body responsible for the licensing and supervision of banks, building societies, investment business, collective investment schemes and corporate service providers.
- Guernsey Financial Services Commission
http://www.gfsc.guernseyci.com/ - Objective is to protect the public against financial loss due to dishonesty, incompetence or malpractice, and to protect and enhance the reputation of the Bailiwick as a financial centre.
- Bangladesh - Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.secbd.org/ - Mission is to protect the interests of securities investors; develop fair, transparent and efficient securities markets; and ensure proper compliance with securities laws.
- South Africa - Financial Services Board
http://www.fsb.co.za/ - Regulating insurers, intermediaries, retirement funds, friendly societies, unit trust schemes, management companies, and financial markets.
- Thailand - Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.or.th/ - Supervises Thailand's capital markets.
- Latvia - Securities Markets Commission of the Republic of Latvia
http://www.fktk.lv/en/ - Ensuring overall stability in the financial and capital markets.
- Malaysia - Securities Commission of Malaysia
http://www.sc.com.my/ - Combined Malaysian regulator with the aim of protecting the investor, and encouraging and promoting the development of the securities and futures markets in Malaysia.
- El Salvador - Superintendencia de Valores de El Salvador
http://www.superval.gob.sv/ - Superintendence of Securities, the regulator of the securities market in El Salvador.
- Finland - Financial Supervision Authority
http://www.rata.bof.fi/ - Supervises about five hundred entities in Finland, including banks, brokerage firms, stock and derivatives exchanges, and management companies for mutual funds. Operates in connection with the Bank of Finland but is an independent decision making body.
- Papua New Guinea - Securities Commission of Papua New Guinea
http://www.ipa.gov.pg/ - The SCPNG is a division of the Investment Promotion Authority.
- International Organization of Securities Commissions
http://www.iosco.org/ - Has as members the individual securities regulators.
- Italy - Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa
http://www.consob.it/ - CONSOB is the public authority responsible for regulating the Italian securities market, the activity of which is aimed at the protection of the investing public.
- Argentina - Comisón Nacional de Valores
http://www.cnv.gov.ar/ - The National Securities Commission of the Argentine Republic ensures the transparency of Argentina's securities markets, watches over the market price formation process and thus protects investors.
- Australian Securities and Investment Commission
http://www.asic.gov.au/ - Enforces company and financial services laws to protect consumers, investors and creditors; regulates and informs the public about Australian companies, financial markets, financial services organisations and professionals who deal and advise in investments, superannuation, insurance, deposit taking and credit.
- Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority
http://www.apra.gov.au/ - APRA is the prudential regulator of banks, insurance companies and superannuation funds, credit unions, building societies and friendly societies.
- Norway - Banking, Insurance and Securities Commission of Norway
http://www.kredittilsynet.no/ - The Kredittilsynet, with limited content in English, mostly in Norwegian.
- Panama - Superintendencia de Bancos
http://www.superbancos.gob.pa/ - Some information in English, mostly in Spanish.
- Brazil - Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil
http://www.cvm.gov.br/ - Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, with a section of regulations of interest to foreign investors.
- China Securities Regulatory Commission
http://www.csrc.gov.cn/ - The CSRC is the executive branch of State Council Securities Commission, which is the central market regulation authority.
- France - Autorité des marchés financiers
http://www.cob.fr/ - A subset of the notices and rules are available in English, most only in French.
- Japan - Financial Services Agency
http://www.fsa.go.jp/ - The FSA is responsible for ensuring the stability of the financial system in Japan, protection of depositors, insurance policy-holders and securities investors.
- Malaysia - Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority
http://www.lofsa.gov.my/ - Deeply committed to the objective of turning Labuan into a full-fledged and premier international offshore financial centre in the world, perhaps second to none in Asia.
- Netherlands - Pensions and Insurance Supervisory Authority of the Netherlands
http://www.pvk.nl/ - Pensioen + Verzekeringskamer (PVK) is responsible for the supervision of insurance companies and pension funds in the Netherlands.
- New Zealand - Securities Commission of New Zealand
http://www.sec-com.govt.nz/ - To encourage, promote and facilitate good securities and corporate practice and to discourage malpractice, both in the promotion of securities and in the management of investors' funds.
- Portuguese Securities Market Commission
http://www.cmvm.pt/ - The Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários, the CMVM, is supervises and regulates securities and other financial instruments markets, as well as those who operate within said markets.
- Portuguese Insurance Institute
http://www.isp.pt/ - Instituto de Seguros de Portugal is the body that controls and supervises the business of insurance and reinsurance, pension funds and brokerage.
- Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority
http://www.fi.se/ - Finansinspektionen is responsible for supervising companies in the insurance, credit and securities markets.
- Switzerland - Federal Office of Private Insurance
http://www.bpv.admin.ch/ - The task of the Bundesamt für Privatversicherungen is to ensure that private insurance companies are able to meet their obligations towards insured parties at all times.
- Turkey - Capital Markets Board of Turkiye
http://www.spk.gov.tr/ - The regulatory and supervisory authority in charge of the securities markets in Turkey
- Society of Financial Examiners
http://www.sofe.org/ - Professional society for examiners of insurance companies, banks, savings and loans, and credit unions.
- Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets
http://www.afm.nl/ - Autoriteit Financiële Markten. Includes a warning list of those known to be offering financial services without proper authorization.
- Belgium - Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission
http://www.cbfa.be/ - The single supervisory authority for the Belgian financial sector.
- Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
http://www.fatf-gafi.org/ - Inter-governmental body developing and promoting policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Includes a summary of the FATF country evaluations.
- Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
http://www.namfisa.com.na/ - With information about the legal position of NAMFISA, its consumer education bulletins, and an online complaints form.
- Estonia - Finantsinspektsioon
http://www.fi.ee/ - Papers and rules by the Financial Supervision Authority, an autonomous agency of the Bank of Estonia.
- Germany - Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht
http://www.bawe.de/ - BaFin, the Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.
- Russia - Federal Financial Markets Service
http://www.fcsm.ru/ - FFMS, the federal executive body that supervises the financial markets, and regulates pension savings. Maintains stability in the financial markets, makes the markets efficient and attractive to investors, and increases market transparency thereby reducing investment risks.
- Puerto Rico - Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions
http://www.cif.gov.pr/ - Responsible for supervising and regulating Puerto Rico's financial sector to guarantee the safety and soundness of the financial system as well as assure compliance with the industry's laws and regulations.
- Bulgaria - Financial Supervision Commission
http://www.fsc.bg/ - Unifies the regulatory functions formerly performed by the former State Securities Commission, the State Insurance Supervision Agency and the Insurance Supervision Agency.
- South Korea - Korea Financial Supervisory Commision
http://www.fsc.go.kr/eng/ - Lists recent proposals and initiatives, with links to English versions. More in Korean.
- Mauritius - Financial Services Commission
http://www.gov.mu/portal/sites/ncb/fsc/homeframe.html - The regulatory authority which licenses, regulates and supervises non-bank financial institutions in Mauritius.
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