What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of July 10 - July 14, 2017

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

Public Comments

(The following public comment is available in Japanese)

July 14, 2017:

Publication of the finalized amendments to the “Cabinet Office Order on Disclosure of Corporate Affairs” and the “Cabinet Office Order on Restrictions on Securities Transactions” < Summary> The FSA finalized the amendments to the “Cabinet Office Order on Disclosure of Corporate Affairs” and the “Cabinet Office Order on Restrictions on Securities Transactions.” The amendments provide exemption from obligations to submit a report on purchases of regulated securities, and to report notable matters for third-party allocation of securities at the filing of a securities registration statement, when such third-party allocation is transacted as share-based compensation for directors and officers.

Press Releases

(The following press releases are available in English)

International 

July 12, 2017:	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published a consultative document "Capital treatment for simple, transparent and comparable short-term securitisations"
July 12, 2017:	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a consultative document "Criteria for identifying simple, transparent and comparable short-term securitisations"
July 11, 2017:	Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), established by Financial Stability Board (FSB), published the final report "Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure"
July 11, 2017:	Financial Stability Board (FSB) published reports prepared for the G20 Summit

Others

July 14, 2017:	Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the “Payment Services Act”

(The following press releases are available in Japanese)

Others

July 11, 2017:	Announcement of personnel changes (announced July 11, 2017)
July 10, 2017:	Warnings about entities that are operating money lending businesses without proper registration < Summary> The FSA (Local Finance Bureaus) updated warnings about entities that are operating money lending businesses without proper registration. The warnings include the updated list of entities that misrepresent their registration using fictitious or stolen registration numbers.