IOSCO MR/13/202324 May 2023The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the Bank for International Settlements' Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) (the standard setters) today published the report Margin dynamics in centrally cleared commodities markets in 2022.Among its key findings are:·      CCPs are sensitive to the impact […]

IOSCO/MR12/2023Madrid, 23 May 2023IOSCO, the global standard setter for securities markets, has today issued for consultationdetailed recommendations to jurisdictions across the globe as to how to regulate crypto-assets.In a major initiative designed to improve global standards of regulation of crypto-assets,IOSCO has set out how clients should be protected and how crypto trading should meet thestandards […]

IOSCO/MR/09/2023Madrid, 25 April 2023 The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) welcomes the decision by theInternational Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) to bring forward the start of theconsultation on its proposed new standard for sustainability assurance, as part of its plan to deliver an assurance framework for end-2024 sustainability disclosures by market issuers.This work will […]

Madrid, 18 April 2023 The Monitoring Group (MG) is pleased to announce that Mr. Paul Munter has assumed the role of Chair of the Monitoring Group. He previously served as the Co-Chair of the MG together with Mr. Jean-Paul Servais, current Chair of the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and Chair […]

IOSCO/MR/08/2023Madrid, 5 April 2023The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published the 2023-2024 Work Program to further its core objectives of protecting investors, maintaining fair, efficient and transparent markets, and addressing systemic risks. The work program, like the previous edition, covers a two-year horizon and will be reviewed and refreshed, as […]

IOSCO/MR/07/2023Madrid, 30 March 2023The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published its Report on Retail Market Conduct, in response to the evolving retail trading landscape, influenced by changing macro conditions, demographic trends, and technological developments.IOSCO Board Chair Jean-Paul Servais said: “Safeguarding the interests of retail investors is a core objective for […]

IOSCO/MR/06/2023Madrid, 28 March 2023IOSCO sets out key considerations to promote an effective global assurance framework for sustainability-related corporate reporting IOSCO encourages timely and high-quality profession-agnostic standard-setting outcomes responsive to the public interest; calls for early engagement with preparers, investors and providers; and supports capacity building across the entire sustainability reporting ecosystem. The International Organization of […]

Madrid, 27 March 2023The Monitoring Group (MG) is responsible for the overall governance of the international audit and ethics standard-setting system, including conducting periodic effectiveness reviews. In July 2020, the MG issued its recommendations Strengthening the International Audit and Ethics Standard-Setting System (MG Recommendations).In December 2022, the MG reported on the progress made to implement […]

IOSCO/MR/05/2023Madrid, 09 March 2023The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and Cambridge Judge Business School announced today a pilot project for the development of a Machine Assisted Capacity Building for Standards Implementation (‘MASI'). MASI aims to provide a capacity-building tool for emerging markets jurisdictions to assist self-assessments against the IOSCO core principles and to facilitate comparisons […]

9 March 2023IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board welcomes the ongoing work of the IFRS Foundation; Jean-Paul Servais, IOSCO Chair is succeeded by JFSA Takashi Nagaoka as Monitoring Board Chair On 2 and 3 March 2023, the IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board met in Tokyo, Japan. On this occasion, the Monitoring Board elected its new Chair; with Jean-Paul […]

IOSCO/MR04/2023Madrid, 17 February 2023The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today welcomed the statement by the ISSB setting out its progress in the development of its first sustainability related corporate disclosure standards.The Chairman of IOSCO, Jean-Paul Servais said: “IOSCO is very pleased to see the determined progress being made by the ISSB in completing this […]

IOSCO/MR/03/2023Madrid, 015 February 2023A report published today by IOSCO indicates that implementation of IOSCO's core Principles regarding the Regulator is high across most of the participating member jurisdictions. The report on IOSCO Standards Implementation Monitoring on Principles 1 to 5 is based on a review of 55 IOSCO member jurisdictions from both emerging and advanced markets […]

14 February 2023In June 2020, together with the publication of the CPMI-IOSCO report Central counterparty default management auctions – Issues for consideration (the auctions report), CPMI-IOSCO encouraged the industry to undertake in the next twenty-four months further work on three categories of additional issues to advance the development of effective auction practices and procedures (see the […]

IOSCO/MR/02/2023Madrid, 31 January 2023“The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions today has published a revised version of its 2011 Principles for the Regulation and Supervision of Commodity Derivatives Markets. The aim of the revision is to ensure that these Principles continue to provide a resilient framework for the regulation and oversight of the […]

IOSCO/MR/01/2023Madrid, 27 January 2023 The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published the second edition of the Investment Funds Statistics Report (IFSR), which provides new insights into the global investment funds industry. The report is based on a comprehensive collection of IOSCO members' supervisory data as of end-2021.The IFSR is an annual […]

Madrid, 16 January 2023The Monitoring Group (MG) is responsible for the overall governance of the international audit and ethics standard-setting system, including periodic effectiveness reviews. In accordance with the MG Recommendations, the Monitoring Group Nominating Committee (MG NC) is responsible for the selection of board members to the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB).In June 2022, […]

IOSCO/MR/39/2022Madrid, 5 December 2022 The International Organization of Securities Commissions is pleased to announce that Mr. Rodrigo Buenaventura, Chair of the Spanish Securities Market Commission (CNMV), has assumed today the chairmanship of its Sustainable Finance Task Force (STF). As STF Chair, Mr. Buenaventura will lead IOSCO through the process of evaluating whether the IFRS international Sustainability […]

Madrid, 02 December 2022The Monitoring Group (MG) is responsible for the overall governance of the international audit and ethics standard-setting system, including conducting periodic effectiveness reviews. In July 2020, the MG issued its recommendations Strengthening the International Audit and Ethics Standard-Setting System (Recommendations, MG Recommendations, or MG Reforms). The MG is on track to implement […]

IOSCO/MR/37/202229 November 2022The report finds reasonably high adoption of the Guidance on cyber resilience for financial market infrastructures (“Cyber Guidance”) by FMIs.The report finds one serious issue of concern and four issues of concern. The serious issue of concern relates to a small number of FMIs not fully meeting expectations regarding the development of cyber […]

IOSCO/MR/36/2022Madrid, 16 November 2022IOSCO today published a feedback statement summarizing the responses to its April 2022 Discussion Paper on ‘Corporate Bond Markets – Drivers of Liquidity during COVID-19 Induced Market Stresses' (“Feedback Statement”). The Feedback Statement has been issued alongside IOSCO's thematic review of the implementation of its 2018 recommendations for liquidity risk management in […]