Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) - The Netherlands
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) - The Netherlands
Finansinspektionen (FI) - Sweden
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financie (CSSF) - Luxembourg
Asia Pacific
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) - Australia
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) - Australia
Securities & Futures Commission (SFC) – Hong Kong
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) – Singapore
Canada
Autorité des marchés financiers (AMFQ)
Alberta Securities Commission (ASC)
British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC)
Investment Industry Regulatory Organization (IIROC)
Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC)
Regulatory category descriptions
Market conduct
This regulatory theme covers issues related to market integrity, including market manipulation, insider trading, short selling and related violations, disclosures, anti-competitive behaviour, trading errors, breach of takeover rules, illegal activity and misuse of non-public information.
Financial crime
This regulatory theme covers includes risks associated with fraud, money laundering and bribery and corruption, including CDD/KYC, sanctions, and tax evasion.
Conduct of business obligations
This regulatory theme covers issues related to the responsibility to treat customers fairly and to safeguard client assets, including arrears handling, client asset/cash, client data/confidentiality, client orders execution, complaint handling, conflict of interest, customer authorization, disclosures and communications to the client, mis-selling and suitability, overcharging, unfair contracts, unfair treatment.
Regulatory obligations
This regulatory theme covers matters related to the interaction between a regulator and a supervised person or firm, including capital and liquidity, gatekeeper failures, individual misconduct, industry threshold conditions, non-cooperation with the regulator, record keeping, regulatory reporting, unlicensed activity, stakeholder duties, and other regulatory obligations.
Corporate governance and oversight
This regulatory theme covers issues related to senior management, including firm management, stakeholder duties, and corporate governance.
Privacy and cybersecurity
This regulatory theme covers issues related to data protection/privacy, cybersecurity and IT resilience.
Financial Services Compliance and Regulation
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