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ASEAN Highlights Need for Strong Consumer Protection

BANGKOK, 17 December 2015 – The 2nd ASEAN Consumer Protection Conference was held on 14-15 December in Bangkok focusing on consumer protection legislation, consumer redress and justice mechanisms and new emerging trends including sustainable consumption and protection for e-commerce transactions.  The Conference was also held against the backdrop of the recent adoption of the ASEAN …

Strengthening Technical Competency on Consumer Protection in ASEAN

JAKARTA, 3 August 2015 – Recognizing the need to build and strengthen the technical competency of government officials involved in implementing consumer protection, a five-day workshop to validate consumer protection training materials in six key specific sectors of consumer protection was convened last week at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. Experts from relevant agencies, …

P. Chidambaram’s Speech at ICSI Seminar on Indian Financial Code

The Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said that multiplicity of Institutions and multiplicity of Regulators which have come up from time to time to meet newly perceived requirements, has  potentially created regulatory overlaps, gaps and ambiguity on account of lack of role clarity.  This creates inefficiencies in addressing critical emerging issues in a increasingly dynamic, complex and interconnected financial world. …