Global Financial Services Regulation Series: Banking Regulators

Description of Global Financial Services Regulation Series Banking Regulators

Rapid growth in financial services regulation in many countries has led to demand for high quality data about agencies and institutions involved in national and international regulation of banking. This major new publication provides detailed, consistently presented information for some 300 institutions globally. It covers organizations with regulatory responsibilities, whether primary or secondary, for the banking sector on both national and international levels.

Invaluable data provided for each institution include:

• Scope of Regulation
• Legal Basis
• Financing
• Key Personnel
• Organisational Structure
• History
• Current Regulatory Developments
• Regulatory Objectives
• Activities & Implementation
• Measures to Ensure Compliance
• Accountability
• Complaints & Redress
• Relationships with other Regulatory Bodies
• Principal Publications

The information provided for each regulatory body has been reviewed by a leading law firm in each jurisdiction.

Readership

• Legal and Compliance departments of financial institutions
• Law firms with banking and financial services clients
• Regulatory authorities in banking and financial services
• Professional associations and similar bodies serving the financial services industry
• Researchers with interests in the national and international regulation of the financial services industry

Benefits of the Publication

• Provides access to the most comprehensive database of regulatory bodies covering accounting
• Includes coverage not only of primary regulators but also of many other agencies and bodies which have an important function within the national or international regulatory framework
• Provides increased understanding not only of the regulatory bodies in each country but allows consistent comparisons to be made of regulators internationally
• Provides key contacts among the senior staff of regulatory authorities