"This work is essential for banking and investment business practitioners and legal advisers working in those fields. It provides an invaluable reference source on current on-exchange and off-exchange market trading, and regulatory issues, in the payments, investments, debt, securities, and derivatives sectors. The coverage relates to the UK, the EU, the USA and to some Asian markets, while also providing an account of the international architecture and systems.
The book provides a comprehensive and authoritative analysis on the regulation of financial markets and market infrastructure including the new area of financial technology.
It focuses on stock markets and exchanges, associated trading, clearing and settlement, and payment systems, set in their historical and current contexts. The new edition reflects recent changes to the various systems of financial regulation. It examines specific markets including equity, debt, and financial derivatives (both on-exchange and off-exchange), from UK, European, and international perspectives. It also includes associated topics, such as global custody and credit rating, together with a new chapter on transaction reporting.
Since the second edition, published in 2012 reflecting the 2007-9 financial crisis, there have been further changes to financial regulatory regimes at national, regional, and international levels. In the UK and the EU generally, the implementation of MiFID II has had a significant impact on the architecture and operation of the markets. Institutional revision within the EU is covered, including the development of the role of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), and allied developments on listing, prospectuses, payments, and electronic money.
The book examines regional developments alongside domestic measures, including the changes to the FCA Handbook (particularly on Listing, Prospectuses, and Disclosure) and the Brexit-driven ""on-shoring"" into the UK of the EU regime. In addition, there are new chapters on Regulatory Technology and Islamic Capital Markets. This third edition is timely in the UK because of Brexit, and in the EU due to new emphasis on systemically important elements of market infrastructure, and the shift of policy making from the member states to the EU central institutions."
PART I FINANCIAL MARKETS 1: George Walker: Financial Markets and Exchanges 2: George Walker: Exchange Review, Regulation, and Evolution 3: Mark Kalderon: UK Central Banking and Financial Stability PART II UK SECURITIES MARKETS 4: Bob Penn and Alex Forzani: Recognized Investment Exchanges (RIEs) and Recognized Clearing Houses (RCHs) 5: Will Pearce and Jamie Corner: The Listing, Prospectus, and Disclosure and Transparency Rules 6: Stuart Willey: MiFID/MiFIR and the New Trading Architecture 7: Bob Penn and Nadia Pascal: Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs) 8: Saima Hanif: Transaction Reporting PART III UK DERIVATIVES, MONEY, AND DEBT MARKETS 9: Sean Schneider: London Stock Exchange: Regulation of the Main Market and Alternative Investment Market (AIM) 10: Stuart Willey: UK Government Debt Management and the Gilt Market 11: Emma Dwyer: UK Derivatives and Commodities Markets PART IV UK PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENT 12: Jonathan Rogers: UK Payment Systems 13: Madeleine Yates: UK Settlement PART V NEW FINTECH IN FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 14: Joanna Perkins: Impact on Markets, Settlement, Custody, and Payment Systems 15: Philip Treleaven and Sally Sfeir-Tate: Impact on Regulation of Financial Markets PART VI EUROPEAN SECURITIES MARKETS SUPERVISION 16: Stuart Willey: The European System of Financial Supervision 17: Markus Kaempf and Peter Nobel: Regulation of European Markets and Exchanges PART VII INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES, INCLUDING MARKETS AND CLEARING SYSTEMS 18: Eva Hüpkes: The Architecture of International Financial Regulation 19: Madeleine Yates: International Settlement 20: Madeleine Yates: Global Custody 21: Charlotte Eborall: Credit Rating Agencies 22: Edward L Pittman: US Equity Market Structure 23: Douglas W Arner and Berry FC Hsu: Hong Kong Markets and Exchanges 24: Peter Casey: Islamic Securities Exchanges
Michael Blair QC is in independent practice at the Bar of England and Wales specialising in financial services. Previously General Counsel to the Board of the Financial Services Authority. Queen's Counsel honoris causa 1996. George Walker is Professor in International Financial Law at School of Law, Queen Mary University of London and is a member of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS). He is also a Barrister and Member of the Honourable Society of Inner Temple in London. Stuart Willey was formerly Partner and Head of the Regulatory Practice in the Banking & Capital Markets group of White & Case in London. Stuart specializes in financial regulation focusing on the securities markets and banking. Stuart is currently an adviser at the Bank of England.
