Regulators

Also known as Pénzügyi Szervezetek Állami Felügyelete.

Regulator of all providers of financial services in the UK; Bank of England retains responsibility for systemic risk.

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.

Combines the former regulatory roles of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Austrian Securities Authority (Bundes-Wertpapier-Aufsicht).

The Fjármálaeftirlitsins is responsible for the official regulation and supervision of financial operations in Iceland.

The Chilean securities and insurance regulator, with copies of most financial laws, and more content in Spanish.

Includes ACORN, Anguilla's Commercial Online Registration Network, by which companies can be registered.

Statutory body corporate established by the 1989 Financial Services Commission Ordinance.

Unified regulator for Hong Kong's financial markets.

Regulatory body set up for the administration of the Insurance Companies Ordinance.

The Finanstilsynet attends to the financial regulation in Denmark, and is an institution under the responsibility of the Minister for Economic Affairs.

SEBI protects the interests of investors in securities and promotes the development of the securities market through appropriate regulation.

Manx body responsible for the licensing and supervision of banks, building societies, investment business, collective investment schemes and corporate service providers.

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.

Mission is to protect the interests of securities investors; develop fair, transparent and efficient securities markets; and ensure proper compliance with securities laws.

Regulating insurers, intermediaries, retirement funds, friendly societies, unit trust schemes, management companies, and financial markets.

Supervises Thailand's capital markets.

Ensuring overall stability in the financial and capital markets.

Combined Malaysian regulator with the aim of protecting the investor, and encouraging and promoting the development of the securities and futures markets in Malaysia.

Superintendence of Securities, the regulator of the securities market in El Salvador.

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.

The SCPNG is a division of the Investment Promotion Authority.

Has as members the individual securities regulators.

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.

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.

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.

APRA is the prudential regulator of banks, insurance companies and superannuation funds, credit unions, building societies and friendly societies.

The Kredittilsynet, with limited content in English, mostly in Norwegian.

Some information in English, mostly in Spanish.

Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, with a section of regulations of interest to foreign investors.

The CSRC is the executive branch of State Council Securities Commission, which is the central market regulation authority.

A subset of the notices and rules are available in English, most only in French.

The FSA is responsible for ensuring the stability of the financial system in Japan, protection of depositors, insurance policy-holders and securities investors.

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.

Pensioen + Verzekeringskamer (PVK) is responsible for the supervision of insurance companies and pension funds in the Netherlands.

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.

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.

Instituto de Seguros de Portugal is the body that controls and supervises the business of insurance and reinsurance, pension funds and brokerage.

Finansinspektionen is responsible for supervising companies in the insurance, credit and securities markets.

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.

The regulatory and supervisory authority in charge of the securities markets in Turkey

Professional society for examiners of insurance companies, banks, savings and loans, and credit unions.

Autoriteit Financiële Markten. Includes a warning list of those known to be offering financial services without proper authorization.

The single supervisory authority for the Belgian financial sector.

Inter-governmental body developing and promoting policies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Includes a summary of the FATF country evaluations.

With information about the legal position of NAMFISA, its consumer education bulletins, and an online complaints form.

Papers and rules by the Financial Supervision Authority, an autonomous agency of the Bank of Estonia.

BaFin, the Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.

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.

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.

Unifies the regulatory functions formerly performed by the former State Securities Commission, the State Insurance Supervision Agency and the Insurance Supervision Agency.

Lists recent proposals and initiatives, with links to English versions. More in Korean.

The regulatory authority which licenses, regulates and supervises non-bank financial institutions in Mauritius.

Under the Treasury Secretary's proposal, the new Corporate Finance Regulator would look like a trimmed-down version of the SEC.[2008/11/28]

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