Earlier this year, IBA Japan was pleased to welcome the Vice Commissioner for Policy Coordination and Acting Director of the Financial Research Centre at the FSA, Mr Kiyotaka Sasaki.

In his presentation Mr. Sasaki highlighted his intention to communicate what are the ongoing reforms at FSA; what the priorities will be for 2017-2018; and share what the implications of these will be with members' businesss and their interactions with the FSA going forwards.

Key issues discussed during the presentation included:

• The FSA’s overarching strategic objectives
• The review of the financial regulation legislative architecture and the objectives for a revised  legal framework
• Organizational changes to support FSA’s revised regulatory approach
• The FSA’s regulatory priorities for 2017/18 as set out in their Financial Administration Report
• The FSA’s expectations of regulated financial firms and specific issues for foreign financial institutions

Some pictures from the event:

(Vice Commissioner Kiyotaka Sasaki & IBA Japan Secretary General Mr Paul Hunter)

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