Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide (Now with a Revised Introduction)

Acknowledgements vi

List of abbreviations viii

Introduction 1

1 The Objectives of International Financial Regulation 7

2 The Current International Regulatory System: Theory and Practice 32

3 The International Financial Institutions and their Role in Financial Regulation 110

4 The European Union: A Special Case 127

5 Regulatory Structures in Individual Countries 155

6 The Debate on Regulatory Structure 187

7 The Need for Reform 214

Afterword 260

References 265

Index 275