The Ukraine National Commission on Securities and Stock Market has signed the IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding, joining the main international framework for cooperation and information sharing among capital markets regulators. The move gives the commission a direct channel to work with counterparts in more than 100 jurisdictions on cross-border supervision and enforcement matters, instead of relying on indirect or formalized workaround procedures. The commission said the agreement allows it to exchange information on capital markets transactions, obtain data on ultimate beneficial owners of market participants, request documents for investigations and cooperate on detecting cross-border violations such as market manipulation, insider trading and other abuses. Information sharing will operate on a reciprocal basis, with Ukraine also providing data to foreign regulators on request. The signing followed a multi-year process in which the commission aligned legislation with international standards, expanded its powers and passed an IOSCO assessment of its ability to cooperate effectively with foreign regulators, conduct investigations and protect confidential information.