MEDIA RELEASE

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IOSCO/MR/02/2013
Madrid, 21 January 2013

IOSCO Publishes Suitability Requirements for Distribution of Complex Financial Products

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published a final report on Suitability Requirements with respect to the Distribution of Complex Financial Products, which sets out principles relating to the distribution by intermediaries of complex financial products to retail and non- retail customers.
The report, which forms part of IOSCO's ongoing drive to promote customer protection, introduces nine principles that cover the following areas related to the distribution of complex financial products by intermediaries: