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Regulating Financial Services And Markets In The 21st Century »

Authors: Eilis Ferran (Editor), Charles Ae Goodhart (Editor), A. E. Goodhart
ISBN-13: 9781841132792, ISBN-10: 1841132799
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Hart Publishing (UK)
Date Published: September 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Eilis Ferran

Book Synopsis

Essays on the reform and restructuring of financial markets in the 21st century by leading British and American writers.

Booknews

Representing an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Financial Services and Markets Act of 2000 on the British financial sector, these twenty essays by legal and economic scholars, regulators, and policy-makers analyze the aims of the regulation, its effect on management, human rights concerns, accountability, the role of rating agencies, and the implications for technological change. The UK experience is also fit into the larger contexts of European and international regulation. The book is distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	List of Contributors
1	Regulating Financial Services and Markets in the Twenty First Century: An Overview	1
2	Reforming Financial Regulation: Progress and Priorities	17
3	Regulatory Principles and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000	25
4	Examining the Objectives of Financial Regulation - Will the New Regime Succeed? A Practitioner's View	37
5	Incentive v. Rule-Based Financial Regulation: A Role for Market Discipline	59
6	Directors' Fiduciary Duties and the Approved Persons Regime	75
7	Fiduciary Duties, Regulation of Companies and Regulation of Individuals	89
8	Regulatory Discipline and the European Convention on Human Rights - A Reality Check	95
9	Holding the Balance - Effective Enforcement, Procedural Fairness and Human Rights	115
10	Regulating the Regulator - A Lawyer's Perspective on Accountability and Control	127
11	Regulating the Regulator - An Economist's Perspective on Accountability and Control	151
12	Public Accountability in the Financial Sector	165
13	Regulating European Markets: The Harmonisation of Securities Regulation in Europe in the New Trading Environment	189
14	The Case for a European Securities Commission	211
15	New Issues in International Financial Regulation	235
16	The Financial Stability Forum (FSF): Just Another Acronym?	255
17	The Need for Efficient International Financial Regulation and the Role of a Global Supervisor	273
18	The Role of Rating Agencies in Global Market Regulation	297
19	The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in the Establishment of Capital Standards for Financial Institutions in a Global Economy	311
20	The Challenge of Technology - Regulation of Electronic Financial Markets	323
Pt. I	Securities and Derivatives Markets	323
Pt. II	Nasdaq	330
Pt. III	London Stock Exchange	335
	Index	341