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  • Writer's pictureDanny J. C.
    • Oct 17, 2019

Fractional Ownership Of Everything #Assetization #Tokenization (Part VI)

Benefits and characteristic on Assetization or Tokenization (of asset) are in part I and II of this series. We also looked already in detail at #STO_in_USA (II), since the US market displays strong interest and offers a large market-size. We also covered most of the EU in part III, APAC and MENA in part IV, and the Caribbean in part V.


Financial regulatory authorities by country


A-B

  • Afghanistan – Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB)

  • Albania – Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA)

  • Algeria – Commission d’Organisation et de Surveillance des Opérations de Bourse (COSOB)

  • Andorra – Andorran Financial Authority (AFA)

  • Anguilla – Anguilla Financial Services Commission

  • Antigua & Barbuda – Financial Services Regulatory Commission

  • Argentina – Comisión Nacional de Valores (CNV)

  • Armenia – Central Bank of Armenia (CBA)

  • Australia:

  • Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)

  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

  • Australian Takeovers Panel

  • Foreign Investments Review Board (FIRB)

  • Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)

  • Austria:

  • Financial Market Authority (FMA, Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde in German)

  • Oesterreichische Nationalbank

  • Austrian Takeover Commission (Übernahmekommission in German)

  • Azerbaijan

  • Financial Market Supervisory Authority of Azerbaijan

  • Bahamas:

  • Central Bank of The Bahamas

  • Securities Commission of the Bahamas

  • Bahrain – Central Bank of Bahrain

  • Bangladesh:

  • Bangladesh Bank

  • Securities and Exchange Commission (Bangladesh)

  • Barbados:

  • Barbados Financial Services Commission

  • Central Bank of Barbados

  • Financial Intelligence Unit (Barbados)

  • Belarus:

  • National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

  • Belgium:

  • Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA – Autorité des services et marchés financiers/Authoriteit voor Financiële Diensten en Markten)

  • National Bank of Belgium (NBB – Banque Nationale de Belgique/Nationale Bank van België)

  • Belize – International Financial Services Commission

  • Bermuda – Bermuda Monetary Authority

  • Bhutan – Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (RMA)

  • Bolivia – Autoridad de Supervisión del Sistema Financiero (ASFI)

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina:

  • Republika Srpska Securities Commission for Republika Srpska

  • Securities Commission of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Komisiji za vrijednosne papire Federacije Bosne i Hercegovina in Bosnian)

  • Botswana

  • Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA)

  • Bank of Botswana (BOB)

  • Brazil

  • Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN)

  • Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM)

  • Superintendência de Seguros Privados (SUSEP)

  • British Virgin Islands – British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission

  • Brunei – Brunei International Financial Center of the Ministry of Finance

  • Bulgaria – Financial Supervision Commission (Bulgaria) (FSC)

C-D

  • Cambodia – National Bank of Cambodia (NBC)

  • Canada:

  • Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

  • Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)

  • Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)

  • Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)

  • Alberta Securities Commission

  • Autorité des marchés financiers – Québec

  • British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC)

  • Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)

  • Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)

  • Mutual Fund Dealers Association (MFDA)

  • Financial Services Commission of Ontario

  • Financial Institutions Commission – Province of British Columbia

  • Cayman Islands – Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

  • Chile – Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros

  • China, People’s Republic of;

  • China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)

  • China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)

  • China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC)

  • China, Republic of (Taiwan) – Financial Supervisory Commission

  • Colombia;

  • Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia

  • National Directorate of Taxes and Customs (DIAN)

  • Congo, the Democratic Republic of – Central Bank of Congo

  • Costa Rica:

  • Superintendencia General de Valores

  • Superintendencia General de Seguros (Costa Rica)

  • Côte d’Ivoire;

  • Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest

  • Croatia – Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency

  • Cyprus;

  • Central Bank of Cyprus

  • Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC)

  • Cyprus Insurance Companies Control Service (ICCS)

  • Czech Republic – Czech National Bank

  • Denmark – Financial Supervisory Authority (Denmark), (Finanstilsynet in Danish)

  • Dominican Republic:

  • Banco Central de la Republica Dominica

  • Superintendencia de Bancos de la Republica Dominicana

  • Dominica

  • Financial Service Unit of the Commonwealth of Dominica

E-I

  • Ecuador – Superintendencia de Bancos

  • Egypt – Financial Regulatory Authority

  • El Salvador – Superintendencia del Sistema Financiero

  • European Union:

  • European Central Bank (ECB)

  • European Banking Authority (EBA)

  • European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

  • European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

  • European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)

  • Estonia:

  • Financial Supervision Authority (Finantsinspektsioon in Estonian)

  • Estonian Bank (Eesti Pank in Estonian)

  • Faroe Islands – Insurance Authority of the Faroe Islands (Tryggingareftirlitið in Faroese) (For Insurance, Pension and mortgages all other finance is regulated by Financial Supervisory Authority (Denmark))

  • Finland – Financial Supervisory Authority, (FIN-FSA Finanssivalvonta in Finnish)

  • France:

  • Autorité des marchés financiers (France) (AMF)

  • Registre unique des Intermediaires en Assurance, Banque et Finance (France) (ORIAS)

  • Autorité de Controle Prudentiel (France) (ACPR)

  • French Takeover Panel

  • Georgia – National Bank of Georgia

  • Germany – Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin – Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht)

  • Ghana;

  • Securities and Exchange Commission (Ghana) (SEC)

  • Bank of Ghana (BOG)

  • Gibraltar – Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC)

  • Greece – Hellenic Capital Market Commission

  • Grenada – Grenada International Financial Services Authority (GIFSA)

  • Guatemala – Superintendencia de Bancos (SB)

  • Guernsey – Guernsey Financial Services Commission

  • Honduras – National Banks and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros in Spanish)

  • Hong Kong:

  • Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

  • Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)

  • Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA)

  • Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA)

  • Hungary – Hungarian National Bank (Hungarian: Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB))

  • Iceland – Financial Supervisory Authority

  • India:

  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

  • Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

  • Forward Markets Commission (India) (FMC)

  • Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)

  • Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)

  • Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)

  • Indonesia:

  • Financial Services Authority (Indonesia) (Indonesian: Otoritas Jasa Keuangan) (OJK)

  • Bank Indonesia

  • Ireland:

  • Central Bank of Ireland

  • Irish Takeover Panel

  • Islamic Republic of Iran:

  • Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran

  • Central Bank of Iran

  • Iraq – Iraq Securities Commission (ISC)

  • Isle of Man – Isle of Man Financial Services Authority

  • Israel – Israel Securities Authority (ISA)

  • Italy:

  • Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)

  • Institute for the Supervision of Insurance (ISVAP)

J-L

  • Jamaica – Financial Services Commission (Jamaica)

  • Bank of Jamaica

  • Japan:

  • Financial Services Agency

  • Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (SESC)

  • Jersey – Jersey Financial Services Commission

  • Jordan – Jordan Securities Commission

  • Kazakhstan:

  • Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation and Supervision of Financial Market and Financial Organizations (Агентство Республики Казахстан по регулированию и надзору финансового рынка и финансовых организаций in Kazakh )

  • Committee for the Control and Supervision of the Financial Market and Financial Organizations of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan

  • Kenya – Capital Markets Authority (Kenya)

  • Kuwait:

  • Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) (بنك الكويت المركزي in Arabic)

  • Capital Markets Authority Kuwait (CMA) (هيئة أسواق المال – دولة الكويت in Arabic)

  • Korea, South:

  • Financial Services Commission (FSC)

  • Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)

  • Latvia – Financial and Capital Market Commission

  • Lebanon – Banking Control Commission of Lebanon (BCCL) and Insurance Control Commission (ICC)

  • Liechtenstein – Financial Market Authority (Liechtenstein) (FMA)

  • Lithuania – Bank of Lithuania

  • Luxembourg:

  • Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)

  • Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA)

M-R

  • Malaysia

  • Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)

  • Securities Commission Malaysia (SC)

  • Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA)

  • Malawi

  • Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM)

  • Malta – Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)

  • Central Bank of Malta

  • Mauritania – Central Bank of Mauritania (BCM)

  • Mauritius

  • Bank of Mauritius (BOM)

  • Financial Services Commission (FSC)

  • Mexico

  • Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores

  • Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros

  • Moldova – National Commission for Financial Markets

  • Montenegro – Insurance Supervision Agency

  • Montserrat – Montserrat Financial Services Commission

  • Mongolia

  • Financial Regulatory Commission of Mongolia

  • Central Bank of Mongolia

  • Morocco – Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux (AMMC) Ex Conseil déontologique des valeurs mobilières (CDVM)

  • Nepal

  • Nepal Rastra Bank (Central Bank of Nepal – Regulator and Supervisor of Banks and Financial Institutions)

  • Beema Samiti (Regulator of Insurance Companies)

  • Securities Board Nepal (SEBON)

  • Netherlands

  • Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM – Autoriteit Financiële Markten in Dutch)

  • De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)

  • Netherlands Antilles – Bank of the Netherlands Antilles[2]

  • New Zealand – Financial Markets Authority (New Zealand)

  • Nigeria

  • Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) (Nigeria)

  • Securities and Exchange Commission (Nigeria)

  • National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) (Nigeria)

  • National Pension Commission (PENCOM) (Nigeria)

  • Norway – Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet in Norwegian)

  • Oman – Capital Market Authority (Oman)

  • Pakistan – State Bank of Pakistan

  • Panama – Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores

  • Peru:

  • Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS)

  • Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SMV)

  • Philippines:

  • Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

  • Insurance Commission (Komisyon ng Seguro)

  • Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

  • Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC)

  • Department of Finance (DOF)

  • Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE)

  • Bureau of Treasury

  • Poland – Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF)

  • Portugal:

  • Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM)

  • Portuguese Insurance Regulator (ASF)

  • Qatar – Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA)

  • Republic of Macedonia:

  • Securities and Exchange Commission of the Republic of Macedonia (MSEC)

  • National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia

  • Romania – Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority

  • Russia – Central Bank of Russia (CBR)

S-T

  • Saint Lucia – Financial Sector Supervision Unit

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis:

  • Financial Services Regulatory Commission

  • Nevis Financial Regulatory Services Commission

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Financial Services Authority

  • San Marino – Central Bank of San Marino (BCSM)

  • Saudi Arabia

  • Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) (مؤسسة النقد العربي السعودي in Arabic)

  • Capital Market Authority (Saudi Arabia) (CMA) (هيئة السوق المالية in Arabic)

  • Serbia – Securities Commission (Serbia)

  • Seychelles;

  • Central Bank of Seychelles

  • Seychelles Financial Services Authority (SFSA) [1]

  • Singapore – Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

  • Slovenia – Securities Market Agency (ATVP Agencija za Trg Vrednostnih Papirjev)

  • South Africa;

  • South African Reserve Bank

  • National Credit Regulator

  • Financial Services Board (South Africa)

  • Spain:

  • Investment sector regulator – Spanish Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores, CNMV) [MiFID]

  • Insurance sector regulator (life and general) – Direccion General de Seguros (DGS)[IMD]

  • Banking sector regulator – Banco de España (BdE)

  • Sri Lanka

  • Central Bank of Sri Lanka

  • Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka

  • Swaziland – Capital Markets Development Unit (Central Bank of Swaziland)

  • Sweden – Financial Supervisory Authority (Sweden) (Finansinspektionen, FI)

  • Switzerland:

  • Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

  • Swiss National Bank

  • SIX Swiss Exchange

  • Tanzania – Capital Markets and Securities Authority

  • Taiwan – Financial Supervisory Commission

  • Thailand:

  • Bank of Thailand (BOT)

  • Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (Thai SEC)

  • Trinidad and Tobago – Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

  • Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Tunisia – Conseil du marché financier

  • Turkey:

  • Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey (BRSA – )

  • Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB)

U-Z

  • Uganda

  • Capital Markets Authority (Uganda) (CMA)

  • Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda

  • Ukraine – National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC)

  • United Arab Emirates:

  • Insurance Authority – (IA)

  • Securities and Commodities Authority – (SCA)

  • United Arab Emirates (Dubai) – Dubai Financial Services Authority – (DFSA)

  • United Kingdom:

  • Bank of England (BoE)

  • Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)

  • Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

  • Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (PANEL)

  • Financial Policy Committee (FPC)

  • United States:

  • Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

  • Federal Reserve System (“Fed”)

  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

  • National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

  • National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)

  • National Futures Association (NFA)[3]

  • In addition, each state has its own banking authority[4]

  • Uruguay – Banco Central del Uruguay

  • Uzbekistan – Center for Coordination and Control over Functioning of Securities Market

  • Vatican City – Financial Information Authority

  • Venezuela – Superintendencia Nacional de Valores (SNV)

  • Vietnam – State Securities Commission (SSC)

  • Zambia – Securities and Exchange Commission (Zambia)

  • Zimbabwe – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)

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