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2014 IBA Japan Annual General Meeting, Address by FSA Commissioner & Reception

IBA Japan held its 30th Annual General Meeting on November 26th at the Okura Hotel in Tokyo, It was followed by a reception for about  200 guests. The Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, Mr. Kiyoshi Hosomizo, gave a speech and discussed current challenges facing the financial sector, the effects of macro-economic environment and challenges facing Japanese policy makers, and the FSA’s supervisory approach and current priorities. 

GFMA, IIF, ISDA, JFMC and TCH respond to the Basel Consultation on Leverage Ratio

London – 7 July 2016: The Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), the Japan Financial Markets Council (JFMC) and The Clearing House (TCH), yesterday responded to the Basel Committee's (BCBS) consultation on Revisions to the Basel III leverage ratio framework (Proposed Framework).

The full response is available here: http://gfma.org/correspondence/item.aspx?id=825

2013 IBA Japan Annual General Meeting, Address by FSA Commissioner & Reception

IBA Japan held its 29th Annual General Meeting on November 27th at the Okura Hotel in Tokyo, followed by a reception with over 200 guests. The main speaker was the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency, Mr. Ryutaro Hatanaka, who discussed the effect of Abenomics on Japanese markets, the role of the financial sector in ending deflation, and future regulatory challenges.

Organisational and regulatory reforms at the FSA: an overview by FSA Vice Commissioner Kiyotaka Sasaki

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:

JFMC and GFMA send letter to IOSCO Cross-Border Task Force

Given the global nature of today’s markets, cross-border regulatory developments need to be conducted in a coordinated and efficient manner.  Well regulated and stable finanical markets will play an important role in economic and business recovery.  But there have been a number of recent examples of extraterritorial regulation from one country having a detrimental impact on this efficiency.

IBA Japan Statement on restrictions on the re-entry into Japan of non-Japanese nationals during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The International Bankers Association of Japan (IBAJ) represents 53 major non-Japanese global banking groups operating in Japan. We work closely with the Japanese financial authorities such as the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Japan, and the Financial Services Agency. We also collaborate with the self-regulatory organizations including the Japan Securities Dealers Association and the Tokyo Stock Exchange in addition to other trade organizations such as the Japanese Bankers Association. IBAJ was founded over 35 years ago.