These links should provide useful research material to investment firms who wish to have an internet presence that complies with international regulations and best business practice
Country |
Link |
Description |
| UK | Financial Promotion 2 | Financial Promotion: The UK Government's Second Consultation - "A New Approach for the Information Age" (10/99) |
| UK | Financial Promotion 1 | Financial Promotion: The UK Government's Initial Consultation (3/99) |
| UK | Labour Party Conference | FSA Chairman Howard Davies' 28/9/99 speech about the internet and financial services |
| UK | FSA Guidance | FSA's short statement about investment advertising over the internet |
| UK | FSA Guidance Release 2/98 | The FSA's position in relation to treatment of material on overseas world wide web sites accessible in the UK but not intended for investors in the UK. (.pdf format May 1998) |
| Italy | 99065403 3/9/99 99052838 7/7/99 99091709 15/12/99 |
CONSOB is Italy's Financial Regulator. These rules communications relate to distance promotion and marketing of investment products via the Internet |
| Italy | DI/30396 21/4/00 | CONSOB guidance about the application of rules of conduct to online trading |
| Netherlands | STE | Policy document 99-0003 concerning the Internet (6/99) |
| Hong Kong | SFC | Guidance Note on Internet Regulation (March 2000) |
| Hong Kong | SFC | Circular on Provision of Financial Information over the Internet - Licensing Requirements (July 2000) |
| USA | SEC | Internet-Related Announcements - the latest news about litigation, fraud alerts and the SEC's pronouncements on internet issues |
| USA | SEC | Consultative Paper 34-42728: Use of Electronic Media (28/4/00) |
| USA | SEC | 17 CFR Parts 202, 240, 242 and 249Release No. 34-40760; File No. S7-12-98RIN 3235-AH41Regulation of Exchanges and Alternative Trading Systems. (long .txt file) |
| USA | ICI | Compendium of SEC Releases Rules and Clarifications on Fund Electronic Communications (7/00) |