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).

ASIC Updates Policy on Administrative Action Against Financial Services Providers

ASIC has today released a revised version of Regulatory Guide 98 Licensing: Administrative action against financial services providers to assist participants in the financial services industry understand when and how ASIC may take administrative action such as a banning action.
Originally Published: 
Thursday, June 28, 2012

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