Market Conduct Regulation

Financial regulation can usefully be bifurcated into prudential and business conduct dimensions. The former concentrates on standards, guidelines and recommendations of best practice on capital adequacy, liquidity and solvency risk and procedures for the orderly winding down of regulated financial institutions. Market conduct regulation, on the other hand, refers to the operation of the market. Regulators are increasingly moving towards expansive definitions of what consitutes market integrity. This series explores the consequences of this move. It evaluates market conduct regulatory performance across three main areas - structure (or mandate), internal processes and managerial discretion - and five dimensions Compliance, Ethics, Deterrernce, Accountability and Risk (CEDAR).

Hedge Fund Standards Board Issues Consultation Paper on Internationalising and Strengthening the Hedge Fund Standards

The Hedge Fund Standards Board have published a consultation paper which set out a series of amendments to its Hedge Fund Standards which are designed to make the Standards more relevant internationally and to strengthen the Standards in the light of a number of issues that became apparent during th
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Monday, August 8, 2011

Financial Services Authority Publishes Report on Possible Sources of Systemic Risk from Hedge Funds (Mar-Apr 2011)

The Financial Services Authority has published a paper which sets out the results of the FSA’s latest Hedge Fund Survey (conducted in March 2011) and the Hedge Fund as Counterparty Survey (conducted in April 2011).
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

European Securities and Markets Authority Speech Questions Mandatory Rotation Requirements For Credit Rating Agencies

The European Securities and Markets Authority has suggested that European Commission proposals for reforming credit rating agencies may have a detrimental effect on the quality of the rating process and the reliability of ratings themselves.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Bank for International Settlements Releases Conference Papers on the Relationship Between Financial Regulation and Growth

The Bank for International Settlements has released a collection of 10 papers from a conference held in November 2011 on the relationship between financial regulation and growth, equity and stability.
Originally Published: 
Thursday, January 12, 2012

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