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  "title": "Sweden: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Detailed Assessment of Observance on IOSCO Principles and Objectives of Securities Regulation",
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      "content": "- Significant weaknesses exist in the scope and effectiveness of securities market regulation.\n- The Executive Board recommends licensing of insurance intermediaries under the Securities Market Act (SMA).\n- The government should reconsider its policy of attaching specific short-term project requirements to parliament’s annual budget allocation for Finansinspektionen (FI) initially and during the course of the financial year."
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      "content": "- Subject: Financial institutions, Financial instruments, Financial markets, Mutual funds, Securities, Securities markets, Stock markets\n- Keywords: authorities FI, CR, equity trading, Europe, FI regulation, FI staff, Global, insider dealing, investment fund, ISCR, letter of intent, management company, material information, Mutual funds, Securities, securities exchange, Securities markets, senior management, Stock markets\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- cr11283\n  - cr11283 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - cr11283 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/sweden-financial-sector-assessment-program-update-detailed-assessment-of-observance-on-iosco-25238"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
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