FSA Weekly Review No.450 August 5, 2021

FSA Weekly Review No.450: August 5, 2021

What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of July 26, 2021 - July 29, 2021

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

Press Releases

International

July 28, 2021	Comment letter on the IFRS Foundation Exposure Draft on Proposed Targeted Amendments to the IFRS Foundation Constitution to Accommodate an International Sustainability Standards Board to Set IFRS Sustainability Standards

Securities

July 28, 2021	Administrative action against Kabushiki Kaisha Mevius Consulting,* a notifier of specially permitted business for qualified institutional investors (SPBQII) (The Kanto Local Finance Bureau) <Summary> The Kanto Local Finance Bureau took an administrative action against Kabushiki Kaisha Mevius Consulting,* a notifier of specially permitted business for qualified institutional investors (SPBQII), ordering the improvement of its business operations pursuant to the "Financial Instruments and Exchange Act." This administrative action is based on the findings from the report that the entity filed in response to the FSA's order for the collection of a report pertaining to conduct of its business which was deemed problematic from an investor protection perspective. * As this corporation has no English corporate name, the Romanized version of the Japanese corporate name is stated here. (This press release is available in Japanese) https://www.fsa.go.jp/news/r3/shouken/20210728.html

July 28, 2021

Administrative action against Kabushiki Kaisha Mevius Consulting,* a notifier of specially permitted business for qualified institutional investors (SPBQII) (The Kanto Local Finance Bureau)
<Summary>
The Kanto Local Finance Bureau took an administrative action against Kabushiki Kaisha Mevius Consulting,* a notifier of specially permitted business for qualified institutional investors (SPBQII), ordering the improvement of its business operations pursuant to the "Financial Instruments and Exchange Act." This administrative action is based on the findings from the report that the entity filed in response to the FSA's order for the collection of a report pertaining to conduct of its business which was deemed problematic from an investor protection perspective.
* As this corporation has no English corporate name, the Romanized version of the Japanese corporate name is stated here.

(This press release is available in Japanese)
https://www.fsa.go.jp/news/r3/shouken/20210728.html open new window

Others

July 27, 2021	International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published its Report on “Internationally Relevant Developments in Audit Markets”
July 26, 2021	Publication of the agenda and handouts of the first meeting of the "Study Group on Digital- and Decentralized-Finance" (provisional English title) <Summary> The FSA published the agenda and handouts of the first meeting of the "Study Group on Digital- and Decentralized-Finance" (provisional English title) which was held on July 26, 2021. (This press release is available in Japanese) https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/digital/siryou/20210726.html

July 27, 2021

International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators published its Report on “Internationally Relevant Developments in Audit Markets”

July 26, 2021

Publication of the agenda and handouts of the first meeting of the "Study Group on Digital- and Decentralized-Finance" (provisional English title)
<Summary>
The FSA published the agenda and handouts of the first meeting of the "Study Group on Digital- and Decentralized-Finance" (provisional English title) which was held on July 26, 2021.

(This press release is available in Japanese)
https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/digital/siryou/20210726.html open new window

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