What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of February 29 – March 4, 2016

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

Press Conferences

March 4, 2016:	Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (March 1, 2016) (Available in Japanese)
February 29, 2016:	Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (February 26, 2016) Japanese version

Public Comments

(The following public comment is available in Japanese)

March 1, 2016:

Publication of the finalized amendments to the Cabinet Office Ordinances and supervisory guidelines regarding the notification of names of officers at financial institutions «Summary» The FSA finalized amendments to the Cabinet Office Ordinances and supervisory guidelines regarding the notification of names of officers at financial institutions. The amendments allow the financial institutions to notify the FSA of the officers’ birth names in addition to married names if necessary. The Cabinet Office Ordinances and supervisory guidelines were enforced on March 1, 2016.

Press Releases

(The following press releases are available in English)

International

March 3, 2016:	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published “Basel III Monitoring Report”
March 1, 2016:	Financial Stability Board published a letter to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
February 29, 2016:	International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a report “Second Review of the Implementation of IOSCO’s Principles for Financial Benchmarks by Administrators of Euribor, Libor and Tibor”

Banks

February 29, 2016:	Update on measures taken in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake (as of February 29, 2016)

Others

March 7, 2016:	The fourth Meeting of the Advisory Council on the Systems of Accounting and Auditing
March 3, 2016:	Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the “Payment Services Act”
March 1, 2016:	Publication of the summary of the third meeting of the Advisory Council on the Systems of Accounting and Auditing
March 1, 2016:	Financial Policies Monitor
February 29, 2016:	Updated statistics of money lending business

(The following press releases are available in Japanese)

Securities

March 4, 2016:	Administrative penalty charge against Evo Investment Advisors Ltd. for market manipulation regarding stocks of DDS, Inc. «Summary» On March 4, 2016, the FSA issued an order to impose an administrative penalty charge against Evo Investment Advisors Ltd. for market manipulation regarding stocks of DDS, Inc.
March 4, 2016:	Administrative penalty charge against an individual for committing insider trading regarding stocks of Ishiyama Gateway Holdings Inc. «Summary» On March 3, 2016, the FSA issued an order to impose an administrative penalty charge against an individual for committing insider trading of stocks of Ishiyama Gateway Holdings Inc., using information received from an employee of the company.
March 4, 2016:	Administrative penalty charge against an individual for market manipulation regarding stocks of Mipox Corporation «Summary» On March 3, 2016, the FSA issued an order to impose an administrative penalty charge against an individual for market manipulation regarding stocks of Mipox Corporation.
March 2, 2016:	Updated lists of entities that are operating financial instruments businesses without proper registration (Kanto Local Finance Bureau) «Summary» The FSA and the Kanto Local Finance Bureau issued warnings to entities that are operating financial instruments businesses without proper registration. (cf. updated lists of Japan-based entities and foreign-based entities).
March 1, 2016:	Laws related to Specially Permitted Business Operators for Qualified Institutional Investors, etc. have been enforced since March 1, 2016 «Summary» On March 1, 2016, laws to revise some of the provisions of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act related to Specially Permitted Business Operators for Qualified Institutional Investors, etc. were enforced.