The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released an information sheet describing the breadth of its compulsory information-gathering powers in two broad areas of regulatory activity, surveillances and investigations into suspected breaches of the law.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's latest surveillance campaign is aimed at identifying traders who applied for a credit licence, but withdrew their application, or had it refused.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking public comment on a wide range of issues raised by the use of derivatives by mutual funds and other investment companies regulated under the Investment Company Act.

The Hedge Fund Standards Board have published a consultation paper which set out a series of amendments to its Hedge Fund Standards which are designed to make the Standards more relevant internationally and to strengthen the Standards in the light of a number of issues that became apparent during th