Philippines : IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation
A joint World Bank/International Monetary Fund mission visited the Republic of the Philippines during the period October 8-23 and November 19-December 6, 2001 as part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP). The aim was to assess the...
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Format: | Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) |
Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/10038873/philippines-financial-sector-assessment-program-iosco-objectives-principles-securities-regulation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15537 |
Summary: | A joint World Bank/International
Monetary Fund mission visited the Republic of the
Philippines during the period October 8-23 and November
19-December 6, 2001 as part of the Financial Sector
Assessment Program (FSAP). The aim was to assess the
effectiveness of securities regulation, soundness of market
intermediaries, and development prospects for the capital
markets, including observance of the International
Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) objectives
and principles of securities regulation. The Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) is the primary regulatory
authority over the capital markets and their participants.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) also supervises
non-bank financial institution (NBFIs) to the extent that
they have ownership links with banks, and are permitted to
have quasi-banking function and trust operations and offer
foreign exchange products and services. The Securities
Regulation Code (SRC) is the main legal basis for the
regulation of the markets. The SRC narrowed and redefined
the scope of responsibilities of the SEC to enable the
regulator to focus on regulation of the securities market
and its enforcement in particular. However, further
rationalization of the scope seems necessary and is
expected. The SRC also provided for demutualization of the
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) which addressed, among other
things, the PSE's conflicts of interest as an
self-regulatory organization (SRO). The Philippines'
regulatory and supervisory framework is, while comprehensive
in coverage, complex. It is due to the fact that the
financial industry and services are increasingly
conglomerated and universalized with functional regulation
while the regulatory authorities remain to be fragmented.
The SEC is the primary regulatory authority over the capital
markets and their participants. NBFIs are regulated and
supervised by the SEC. |
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