Compendium of Standards
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1 June 2012 International Standards for Derivatives Market Intermediary Regulation
This report focuses on the regulation of Derivatives Market Intermediaries (DMIs). The recommendations in the report are intended to address: DMI obligations that should help mitigate systemic risks; requirements intended to manage counterparty risk; and protecting participants in the OTC derivatives markets from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices. -
1 May 2012 IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding
This document is the basis for cooperation and exchange of information among IOSCO members and sets an international benchmark for cross-border cooperation. -
18 April 2012 Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures
This document contains 24 principles to be observed by financial market infrastructures (systemically important payment systems, central securities depositories, securities settlement systems, central counterparties and trade repositories) and five responsibilities of relevant authorities in regulating, supervising and overseeing these infrastructures. -
18 April 2012 FSB Principles for Sound Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices
The principles provide a framework for jurisdictions to set minimum acceptable underwriting standards so as to limit the risks that mortgage markets pose to financial stability and to better safeguard borrowers and investors. The report also sets out an implementation framework through which jurisdictions can apply minimum lending standards, and describes tools that could be used to monitor and supervise these standards. -
2 February 2012 Requirements for Mandatory Clearing
This report outlines recommendations that authorities should follow in establishing a mandatory clearing regime within their jurisdiction. -
1 February 2012 FATF Recommendations on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation
A complete set of counter-measures against Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation, covering the required legal, regulatory, and operational measures. -
19 January 2012 Suspension of Redemptions in Collective Investment Schemes
Principles against which both the industry and regulators can assess the quality of regulation and industry practices concerning suspensions of redemptions. -
1 January 2012 Report on OTC Derivatives Data Reporting and Aggregation Requirements
Obligation of OTC derivatives contracts to be reported to trade repositories (TRs) in order to improve transparency, mitigate systemic risk and protect against market abuse in the OTC derivatives markets. -
14 December 2011 Public Sector Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users
The Guide aims to improve the availability and international comparability of general government and public sector debt statistics, to inform policymakers, financial markets, and other users. -
1 December 2011 OECD/IOPS Good Practices on Pension Funds' Use of Alternative Investments and Derivatives
The good practices reflect what pension regulatory and supervisory authorities usually expect to examine when assessing the risk management of pension funds that use alternative investments and derivatives.