What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of March 16 - 20, 2015

This page contains the latest in events, developments, and updates to the FSA website.

Press Conferences

March 18, 2015:	Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 17, 2015) (Available in Japanese)
March 17, 2015:	Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 13, 2015) (Available in Japanese)

Public Comments

(The following public comment is available in Japanese)

March 12, 2015:

Publication of the regulatory notices on the leverage ratio for internationally active banks «Summary» The FSA finalized the revision of regulatory notices on the leverage ratio for internationally active banks and published the results of public comments on the draft revisions. The notices, reflecting the comments and stipulating the calculation of leverage ratio based on Basel III, will be applied from March 2015.

Press Releases

(The following press releases are available in English)

International

March 19, 2015:	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a revised document “Margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives”

Others

March 19, 2015:	Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"

(The following press releases are available in Japanese)

Securities

March 20, 2015:	Updated list of qualified institutional investors engaging in a specially permitted business who are operating financial instruments business without proper registration (Kanto Local Finance Bureau) «Summary» The FSA (Kanto Local Finance Bureau) issued warnings to a qualified institutional investor engaging in a specially permitted business who is operating financial instruments business without proper registration.
March 19, 2015:	Administrative penalty charge against an employee of Kaji Technology Corporation for committing insider trading «Summary» On March 19, 2015, the FSA issued an order to impose an administrative penalty charge in a case regarding insider trading of stocks of Kaji Technology Corporation committed by an employee of the corporation.
March 19, 2015:	Updated list of qualified institutional investors who are operating financial instruments business without proper registration (Kanto Local Finance Bureau) «Summary» The FSA (Kanto Local Finance Bureau) issued warnings to qualified institutional investors who are operating financial instruments business without proper registration.

Others

March 18, 2015:	Warning against fraudulent offers to refund financial damage caused by bank transfer scams «Summary» The FSA updated the warning against fraudulent offers to refund financial damage caused by bank transfer scams. Such phishing scams are committed by claiming that the fraudulent refund is pursuant to the "Criminal Accounts Damage Recovery Act."