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The Standards cover the scope of regulatory reform, registration requirements, capital standards for non-prudentially regulated DMIs, conduct of business standards, business supervision standards and recordkeeping standards.
On July 29, 2015, the International Organization of Securities
Commissions published a report which sets out the findings of its
review on the progress by countries in adopting legislation,
regulation and policies for derivatives market intermediaries as
set out in the IOSCO "International Standards for Derivative
Market Intermediary Regulation." The Standards cover the scope
of regulatory reform, registration requirements, capital standards
for non-prudentially regulated DMIs, conduct of business standards,
business supervision standards and recordkeeping standards. The
review found that most jurisdictions are in the process of
implementing legal frameworks which cover the same areas as the
Standards and recommends that an implementation assessment need not
be undertaken before the end of 2016.
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