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The usual approach – delegating responsibility to
regulators
to work out the details – will not suffice.
On complex economic matters, trust had been vested in bankers (after all, if they make so much money, they obviously know something!) and in regulators, who often (but not always) came from the markets.
IKE acknowledges that, within a reasonable range, the market does a far better (though not perfect) job in setting prices than
regulators
can.
Given that providing the state with any amount of authority over the media also carries risks, the group advocates EU oversight over national authorities – regulation of the
regulators.
Ironically, Glass-Steagall itself arose in the 1930’s from commercial bankers’ efforts to divert regulators’ attention from other remedies.
The Quiet Financial Revolution BeginsLAGUNA BEACH – Steadily and indisputably, the financial services industry – with which we all interact, whether as borrowers, savers, investors, or
regulators
– has embarked on a multiyear transformation.
But the company’s rapid ascent has been accompanied by a steady stream of revelations of dubious behavior, from violating customers’ privacy and deceiving local government
regulators
to mistreating drivers.
It is the responsibility of all stakeholders – including governments, regulators, banks, and civil society – to ensure that microfinance continues to be part of the solution.
In many developing countries, weak
regulators
and a widespread perception of corruption often stand in the way of pro-market reforms; the left (populist or otherwise) can credibly argue that capitalism is "corrupt" and so must be taken under the wing of the government.
It has had to deal with a widespread and understandable loss of confidence in elites – academics, policy analysts, Wall Street, business leaders, regulators, and politicians – which makes implementing pragmatic, centrist policies more difficult.
In July, the US Justice Department sued to block a merger between Aetna and Humana, after the deal was on its way to being rubberstamped by
regulators
in Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina, and other states.
Industry lobbyists maintain a social affinity with
regulators
and politicians, with whom they once worked in government or the private sector, and whom they still see on the cocktail-party circuit in Washington, DC, and state capitals.
The CPPC has risen to the challenge and provided a worthwhile service, by bringing past consumer-protection violations and noncompliance issues to health-insurance
regulators
who are willing to listen.
The experience was a lesson for banks, regulators, central banks, and treasuries, which, not surprisingly, were unprepared to handle a comprehensive crisis.
They believe that
regulators
can ring-fence capital supporting different business lines, to prevent contagion risk, and perhaps impose a surcharge on large “systemic” firms, to reflect the price of their implicit support from the central bank and government.
But I am nervous about the idea that
regulators
are best placed to determine the future shape of markets.
DUBAI – Amid intense competition for the anticipated listing of Saudi Aramco – the world’s largest oil company, owned by the Saudi state – stock exchanges and financial-market
regulators
are under pressure to provide incentives for the company to dual-list its shares abroad.
In fact, it implies that
regulators
now believe that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) deserve special regulatory treatment.
These powers were transferred to financial regulators, who were assumed to be sufficiently independent and therefore insulated from political pressure.
The rise of passive investors, such as Vanguard Asset Management, is facilitated by the same
regulators
who are encouraging the relaxation of listing standards for SOEs, as they seek to ensure lower management fees in the asset-management industry.
And it may be the case for emerging-market investors, if local
regulators
or exchanges also exempt SOEs from corporate-governance requirements.
The ball is in the regulators’ court.
LONDON – After long and sometimes painful negotiations, which stress-tested the personal relationships between many countries’ central bankers and
regulators
to the limit, the Basel Committee laid a long-expected egg in December.
In the preamble, the
regulators
refer to “a worrying degree of variability in banks’ calculations of [risk-weighted assets].”
But the
regulators
clearly doubt their capacity to penetrate the dark recesses of banks’ internal models; so, instead, they have imposed a so-called “output floor.”
These figures are, in fact, quite close to the numbers underlying the new Basel requirements as implemented by national
regulators.
Japanese and European central bankers did not lower interest rates far enough fast enough, banking-sector
regulators
shied at the jump in speculative lending, and politicians were unwilling to expand fiscal policy sufficiently.
That is also true for
regulators
whose job is to prevent financial crises.
Regulators
could have imposed a floating NAV decades ago; they didn’t because they didn’t foresee a narrative that would make money market funds unstable.
Regulators
must counter the risks implied by structures that are intrinsically destabilizing, as the money market funds were.
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