Sentences with phrase «national industry regulator»

The project is being supported through a # 100,000 (US$ 132,358.5) grant from the government in support of national industry regulator Ofgem which is currently researching the potential for blockchain and peer - to - peer trading platforms within its so - called «regulatory sandbox».

Not exact matches

«The wireless industry has done everything it can to persuade federal regulators and state regulators not to require that backup power be put in place,» said Regina Costa, chair of the telecommunications committee of the National Association of State Utility Advocates, which speaks for consumer representatives.

The other bank regulators, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees national banks, and the Office of Thrift Supervision, which regulates the savings - and - loan industry, should have cared, too.

Notably, the National Financial Work Conference has been the stage for: forming agencies to regulate the insurance and securities industries and bank bailout strategies in 1997, creating banking regulators and listing state - owned banks on exchanges abroad in 2002, creating the sovereign wealth fund, establishing the China Investment Corporation in 2007, which currently has assets of $ 813.5 billion, and developing methodologies for dealing with the global financial crisis of 2008.

The National Honey Board encourages the honey industry to work proactively with government regulators and agencies to ensure product safety.

Despite this, most dairy industry leaders, including the dairy wing of the National Farmers» Union (NFU), have rejected calls for a milk price regulator, preferring to find a solution on the open market and via negotiations with retailers.

At 1 p.m., New York's first industrial hemp research forum will bring together growers, business owners, researchers, regulators and others to discuss ways of strengthening the State's position as a national leader in this emerging industry, Stocking Hall Room 148, 411 Tower Rd. Ithaca.

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA), the industry regulator, has said the two companies are not licensed to operate in the oil and gas sector.

Elizabeth Monck of the national customer council of Ofwat, the water industry price regulator, revealed the loophole in a paper on the directive published last month.

Local officials, charged with meeting aggressive economic targets for their region's industry, tend to ignore national environmental regulations, covering up spills and building new power plants behind the backs of central government regulators.

With my organization here in Houston we've always been a link between the community and regulators, and between industry and neighborhoods, and between national organizations and local groups and leaders.

The thoughtful, detailed analysis and judgment of the proposed move by the federal government to create a national securities regulator shows how little improvement there really is likely to be for the individual investor in solving key problems: high fees for mutual funds, costly access to government of Canada securities, lack of fiduciary responsibility by the industry towards investors, inadequate civil court recourse against misbehaving financial firms, priority given to financial system protection over investor interests.

The study will help to inform legislators, regulators, and consumers about the role the pet industry plays in state and local economies, as well as at the national level.

In 2009, a historic agreement between the Federal Government, state regulators, and the auto industry established a national program to implement these first meaningful fuel efficiency improvements in over 30 years and the first - ever global warming pollution standards for light - duty vehicles.

The Obama Administration announced a key decision to bring national vehicle standards for fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions up to levels adopted in California, resolving a longstanding battle between the auto industry and state regulators.

It's widely recognized that Canada's national energy regulator is too close to industry and is lacking credibility.

The cries of concern over the secrecy and potential scope of the endeavour have come from industry, the technical community, civil society, and even national regulators.

I provide a full range of services to our national and international clients in the insurance industry: we assist them on a daily basis at the design stage, in drafting new products or introducing adjustments in existing products, we help them at the claims - handling stage, in responding to complaints, we represent clients in insurance litigation, and we assist them in their dealings with the regulator.

Geico had fewer complaints about auto insurance to state regulators than the industry median in 2017 relative to its size, according to the latest data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

The industry then plans on lobbying the council of insurance regulators to recognize the accreditation as the national standard for selling travel health insurance.

Regulators throughout the country, represented by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, are calling for the insurance industry to take climate change more seriously and help businesses prepare for the potential impact of this phenomenon.

In a subsequent tweet the Ripple boss also took umbrage with those who are claiming there is «regulatory uncertainty» surrounding the industry, insisting that the national regulator has been «consistent and clear».

The memo from the meeting, held among internet regulators and other legislators last week, also has Pan suggesting local and national authorities target centralized cryptocurrency trading venues and the wider bitcoin services industry.

At the same time, US regulators at national level in the form of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) continue to urge caution on ICOs and similar offerings in the cryptocurrency industry.

The future of the ICO industry has felt increasingly uncertain in recent months, as the financial regulators of numerous national governments have issued cautionary statements pertaining to initial coin offerings, including China's all - out ban on tokenized crowdsales.

The beginning year is characterised by many national and international regulators» increasing concern about the lack of regulation in the fintech industry, in particular in the field of cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technology.

WASHINGTON (May 16, 2017)-- Nearly 9,000 Realtors ® and industry guests are descending upon Washington this week to address regulators and members of Congress on key industry issues, including national flood insurance, tax reform and sustainable homeownership.

Members of The Real Estate Roundtable work closely with Washington lawmakers and regulators to produce meaningful results on key national issues in the tax, capital and credit, environmental and energy, and homeland security policy arenas that affect the industry.

A report by Mortgage Professionals Canada, a national mortgage - broker industry association, forecasts about 18 percent of home buyers — or about 100,000 people a year — would not qualify for their preferred home purchase option under new rules announced in October by Canada's banking regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

The Bureau received over 2,800 comments on the TILA - RESPA proposal during the comment period from, among others, consumer advocacy groups; national, State, and regional industry trade associations; banks; community banks; credit unions; financial companies; mortgage brokers; title insurance underwriters; title insurance agents and companies; settlement agents; escrow agents; law firms; document software companies; loan origination software companies; appraisal management companies; appraisers; State housing finance authorities, counseling associations, and intermediaries; State attorneys general; associations of State financial services regulators; State bar associations; government sponsored enterprises (GSEs); a member of the U.S. Congress; the Committee on Small Business of the U.S. House of Representatives; Federal agencies, including the staff of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Bureau of Economics, and the Office of Policy Planning of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC staff), and the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA); and individual consumers and academics.