Regulation
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The Joint Forum was established in 1996 under the aegis of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to deal with issues common to the banking, securities and insurance sectors, including the regulation of financial conglomerates. The Joint Forum is comprised of an equal number of senior bank, insurance and securities supervisors representing each supervisory constituency. Chair
Joint Forum
The original Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) was implemented in November 2007. It introduced competition to the EU trading landscape and provided a ‘passport’ for trading venues and investment firms to operate throughout Europe on the basis of authorisation in their home Member State (MS).
MiFID - FSA
Passporting - FSA
Passporting rights allow firms to conduct business into the EEA under a single market directive.