Press Releases (2018)

• December
• November
• October
• September
• August
• July
• June
• May
• April
• March
• February
• January

December

• Publication of the Report from the “Study Group on the Virtual Currency Exchange Services” (December 28, 2018)
• Stewardship Code : 239 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of December 14, 2018 (December 28, 2018)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (December 27, 2018)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of September 30, 2018 (December 21, 2018)
• To turn challenges into opportunities - speech by Toshihide Endo (December 17, 2018)
• FSA and GARP jointly held Global Risk Forum (December 11, 2018)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results for the six months ended September 30, 2018 (December 7, 2018)
• Overview of the Japanese regional  banks’ financial results for six months ended 30 September, 2018（December 7, 2018)

November

• Updated statistics of money lending business (November 29, 2018)
• Official website for G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting（November 20, 2018)
• Japan and France sign Cooperation Frameworks regarding Innovation in the Financial Sector（November 19, 2018) 
• Stewardship Code : 237 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of August 31, 2018 (November 16, 2018)
• FSA Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs was re-elected to a Vice Chair of the IAIS Executive Committee（November 16, 2018)

October

• Updated statistics of money lending business (October 31, 2018)
• Market Fragmentation - speech by Ryozo Himino (October 29, 2018)
• The FSA appoints Mr. Leo Melamed, Chairman Emeritus of the CME Group, as the FSA advisor (October 18, 2018)
• Comment Letter on the Volcker Rule (October 12, 2018)
• Joint session of the 40th general meeting of Financial System Council and the 28th meeting of Sectional Committee on Financial System (October 12, 2018)
• FSA held the Opening Ceremony of the World Investor Week 2018 (October 5, 2018)
• ROUNDTABLE ON SUPERVISORY OVERSIGHT OF CRYPTO-ASSETS  (October 3, 2018)

September

• Updated statistics of money lending business  (September 28, 2018)
• Exchange of Letters for Cooperation Framework on FinTech with the Dubai Financial Services Authority(DFSA) (September 27, 2018)
• Publication of the Report by the “Working Group on Corporate Disclosure” of the Financial System Council (September 27, 2018)
• FSA official is appointed as the Chair of the IOSCO Committee on Issuer Accounting, Audit and Disclosure (Committee 1) (September 27, 2018)
• Publication of Summary Points from To Better Financial Services in the Era of Transition: FSA (September 26, 2018)
• FSA will organize FIN/SUM 2018 (September 25, 2018)
• Submission of “Progress Report of Myanmar’s Capital Market Activation Support Plan” to Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar (September 10, 2018)
• Stewardship Code : 233 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of August 31, 2018 (September 4, 2018)

August

• FSA will hold the Opening Ceremony of World Investor Week 2018 (August 30, 2018)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (August 30, 2018)
• The FSA publishes the status of loans held by all banks as of the end of March 2018, based on the Financial Reconstruction Act (August 24, 2018)
• FSA appoints Mr. Jaime Caruana, former BIS General Manager, as FSA advisor  (August 20, 2018)

July

• Updated statistics of money lending business  (July 30, 2018)
• FSA hosted Interim Nominating Committee (July 27, 2018)
• FSA's Organizational Reform (July 10, 2018)
• Stewardship Code : 229 institutional investors have signed up to the Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors as of July 3, 2018 (July 6, 2018)

June

• Revision of "JFSA’s supervisory approaches - Replacing checklists with engagement-" (June 29, 2018)
• Updated statistics of money lending business  (June 28, 2018)
• Publication of the Interim Note by the “Study Group on the Financial System” under the Financial System Council  (June 19, 2018)
• The eighth meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council  (June 19, 2018)
• Signing of the Exchange of Letters for cooperation on Banking Supervision Between the Financial Services Agency of Japan and the Bank of Thailand (June 14, 2018)
• Overview of financial results of major insurance companies as of March 31, 2018 (June 14, 2018)
• The ninth meeting of the "Study Group on the Financial System" under the Financial System Council (June 13, 2018)
• Minister Ochi Presented a Technical Assistance Plan for the Insurance Sector Development to the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar (June 7, 2018)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister Murai receives a Courtesy Call from the Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance of Myanmar (June 7, 2018)
• FSA joins the NGFS (June 6, 2018)
• The fifth meeting of the Payments Council on Financial Innovation (June 6, 2018)
• The seventh meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (June 5, 2018)
• Update on Progress toward Further Efficiency and Transparency in the Screening Procedures for Licensing and Registration of Financial Businesses (June 4, 2018)
• Overview of major banks’ financial results as of March 31, 2018 (June 1, 2018)
• Overview of regional banks' financial results as of March 31, 2018 (June 1, 2018)
• Finalization of the Guidelines for Investor and Company Engagement (June 1, 2018)

May

• The eighth meeting of the "Study Group on the Financial System" under the Financial System Council (May 30, 2018)
• Updated statistics of money lending business (May 30, 2018)
• Public Consultation on the Exposure Draft of the Revision of the Audit Standards (May 24, 2018)
• Participation in the Sustainable Insurance Forum (May 23, 2018)
• The sixth meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (May 8, 2018)

• Updated statistics of money lending business (January 30, 2018)
• Presentation of Myanmar’s Capital Market Activation Support Plan to the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar (January 25, 2018)
• Memorandum of Understanding with the Central Bank of Myanmar Concerning the Framework of Financial Cooperation in the Banking Sector (January 25, 2018)
• Publication of Summary Points from Strategic Directions and Priorities 2017-2018 (January 19, 2018)
• Publication of Summary Points from Progress and Assessment of the Strategic Directions and Priorities 2016-2017 (January 19, 2018)
• The second meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council (January 18, 2018)
• The third meeting of the "Study Group on the Financial System" under the Financial System Council (January 15, 2018)
• Call for comments in English on "JFSA’s supervisory approaches -Replacing checklists with engagement-" (January 5, 2018)