Jurisdiction |
Regulator |
Comments |
| Bangladesh | Securities and Exchange Commission | Copies of laws and rules plus information about the Dhaka and Chittagong exchanges |
| Brunei | MOF | Financial Institutions Division of the Brunei Ministry of Finance |
| China | CSRC | China Securities Regulatory Commission - new site with English version and information about the new rules governing public offerings of securities in China |
| China - Hong Kong | FSB | Financial Services Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong |
| China - Hong Kong | HKSFC - old site, HKSFC - new site, HK Monetary Authority |
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission old site has disciplinary actions to 1997. New site has online registry of firms and individuals and disciplinary actions. You can also read the text of the The Securities and Futures Bill, (29/11/00) proposed legislation for the financial industry |
| China - Hong Kong | MPFA | The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority regulates trustees of Hong Kong pension funds |
| China - Hong Kong | OCI | The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance regulates Hong Kong's Insurance Companies |
| India | Securities and Exchange Board of India | Exemplary site with graphic interface to all the Rules and Regulations |
| Indonesia | BAPEPAM | Government department that regulates investment and securities firms in Indonesia. Most pages are in Indonesian language |
| Japan | Ministry of Finance | The main regulator in Japan. Economics data is here too |
| Japan | Financial Supervisory Agency, Securities & Exchange Surveillance Commission |
Agencies responsible for supervision and inspection of banks, securities houses and exchanges |
| Japan | Financial Reconstruction Commission | Government agency that attends to the financial sector |
| Korea | Financial Supervisory Commission | English version is available here |
| Korea | Financial Supervisory Service | English version is available here |
| Malaysia | Securities Commission | Texts of Guidelines, Codes and Acts are available online |
| Malaysia | Bank Negara | Malaysia's central bank. Check for the latest news releases regarding capital controls |
| Pakistan | SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan |
| Papua New Guinea | SEC | Securities Commission of Papua New Guinea. You can download a takeover code discussion paper from here |
| Papua New Guinea | IPA | PNG's Investment Promotion Authority aims to attract "non-speculative foreign investment" |
| Phillippines | SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Singapore | MAS | The Monetary Authority of Singapore |
| Taiwan | SFC | Securities and Futures Commission |
| Taiwan | Laws | Law Source Retrieving System for Taiwan financial regulations |
| Thailand | SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Thailand | The Financial Sector Restructuring Authority | The FRA was created as an independent body to oversee the rehabilitation of 58 finance companies whose operations were suspended by the order of the Finance Minister on June 26, 1997 |
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