Financial Market Integrity Index

The Financial Market Integrity IndexTM gauges CFA charterholders’ perceptions of the state of ethics and integrity in six different markets around the world and how these perceptions change over time. The Financial Market Integrity Index measures the level of integrity — the ethics of market participants and the effectiveness of market systems in ensuring market integrity — that CFA charterholders experience in their respective markets.

This input from investment professionals helps raise awareness of leading issues and informs our work in conducting regulatory outreach and developing professional standards.

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2010 Financial Market Integrity Index Methodology (PDF)

2010 Financial Market Integrity Index Reports and Highlights 
Canada 
Greatest concern: Effectiveness of the Canadian regulatory model. 
Germany 
Greatest concern: Supervisory board system. 
Hong Kong
Key concern: Better policing of insider trading in Hong Kong market. 
Japan
Top concern remains: Corporate governance and shareowner rights among investors both inside and outside Japan. 
United Kingdom
Greatest concern: Integrity of financial advisers. 
United States
Greatest concern: US Regulatory System.