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self-regulating organization

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noun

  1.  SRO.  one of several British organizations set up in 1986 under the auspices of the Securities and Investment Board to regulate the activities of London investment markets

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Hence, the banking sector had become a kind of self-regulating organization, writing its own legislation, weighing in on key appointments to oversight bodies.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2013

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