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Definition Of International Organization Of Securities Commissions - Iosco:


A global cooperative of securities regulatory agencies that aims to establish and maintain worldwide standards for efficient, orderly and fair markets.
The stated goals of the IOSCO are to:-Promote high standards of regulation for the sake of orderly and efficient markets-Share information with exchangesand assistassist themwith technical and operational issues-Establish standards toward monitoring global investment transactions across borders and marketsThe IOSCO currently operates inmore than100 jurisdictions, covering more than 90% of the world's markets, and is considered to be the source for global standards of market operation. In 1998,it approved the IOSCO Principles, which set the benchmark for securities markets worldwide. The IOSCO hassince released a methodology for how to achieve those benchmarks. TheIOSCO's workhas been praised at the highest levels of government, especially in the aftermath of 9/11, as transactions between different countries became something that required increased scrutiny and regulatory control.

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