Financial Markets Regulation

List of Contributors - List of Abbreviations - Preface: The Grounds for Government's Intervention in Financial Markets Regulation; Q.Davies - Introduction: Financial Regulation: From Economic Analysis to Practical Experience; H.Dumez & A.Jeunema"tre - PART 1: THE ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL REGULATION - The Assessment of Financial Regulation from a Regulator's Perspective; M.Blair - Regulating Financial Markets as Preserving Key Balances; P.Fleuriot - Financial Markets Regulation: The Role of a Separate Competition Authority; C.Wright - PART 2: FINANCIAL INNOVATION AND MARKETS REGULATION - Changes in Technology and the Removal of Frontiers Between Regulated and Non-Regulated Markets; P.Stephan - Facing New Regulatory Challenges: The Case of Proprietary Trading Systems; F.Champarnaud - The Market Assessment; N.Weinreb - Efficiency and Stability Considerations in the Design of Prudential Ratios: Some Reflections; C.de Boissieu - PART 3: SELF REGULATORY ISSUES - The Emergence of a Moral Code of Practice without Legal Existence: The Take-over Panel; T.P.Lee - Function, Objectives and Assessment of a Self Regulatory Organisation: The Securities and Futures Authority; R.Wright - PART 4: FRAUD ISSUES - Self Regulation and Financial Fraud; J.Loubert - Legal Aspects and Financial Fraud; P.Mitchard - PART 5: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE - The Mutual Recognition of Financial National Regulations and Regulators; C.Cruickshank - Experiencing Regulation Harmonisation: The UK Implementation of European Services Directives; A.Alcock - Some Aspects of the Italian Financial Market and its Regulation; M.Armanno - PART 6: AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE - An Overview of the US Regulatory System by a Practitioner; H.L.Pitt - Index