As broadly known the regulatory powers within US financial market are carried on by the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Hence, the regulation implementing the Dodd-Frank Act should be issued by the SEC and the CFTC, in attention to the subject matter. The challenges prompted by financial derivatives regulation are showing, however, a slight turn of those attributions in practice. Tomorrow, the SEC will discuss rules for OTC derivatives to be applicable to cross-border transactions. The CFTC has already manifested disagreement as well as some European regulators. One could ask: are we attending a case of extraterritorial regulation issued by national regulator?
More information can be found
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/26/sec-swaps-crossborder-idUSL2N0DD2WF20130426
29 Apr 2013
Changes to Financial Regulatory Authorities in the United Kingdom
The most recent reform contained in the Financial
Services Act 2012, replaced the Financial Services Authority (FSA) with two new
regulatory authorities: the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential
Regulation Authority (PRA) as
part of the Bank of England.
A comprehensive explanation about the new regulatory landscape:
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