Transparency and Fragmentation: Financial Market Regulation in a Dynamic Environment

by J. Board, C. Sutcliffe, S. Wells

Overview

This is the first major treatment of the effects of increased transparency on financial markets: an important and highly controversial issue for both traders and regulators. Focussing on three main themes - market transparency, the consolidation-fragmentation of trading systems, and the scope of regulation (i.e. which markets, and which traders within those markets, should be subject to regulation), the book highlights the importance of these issues to all markets throughout the world. The book draws on research from eight UK based investment exchanges, Deutsche Borse in Frankfurt and documentary evidence from the US markets and their regulators enabling the identification and documentation of the current situation and consideration of what fresh regulatory approaches are required for this new and fast evolving situation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349430987
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Pages:	303
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

JOHN BOARD is Reader in Accounting and Finance at the London School of Economics and a member of the Financial Markets Group.

CHARLES SUTCLIFFE is Professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Southampton.

STEPHEN WELLS is a Researcher at the Financial Markets Group of the London School of Economics. He was formerly chief economist of the London Sk Exchange.

Table of Contents

Orderly Markets: A Summary of the Arguments Orderly Markets: Summary Summary and Conclusions The Recognised Investment Exchanges Fragmentation and Consolidation The Regulation of Transparency Over the Counter (OTC) Markets Appendix 1: RIE Results Appendix 2: Fragmentation and Consolidation Appendix 3: Trading Systems: Theoretical and Empirical Literature Appendix 4: Theory and Results of Transparency Appendix 5: Bid-Ask Spreads under Different Market Structures Appendix 6: Cross-Listing: Empirical Evidence SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Introduction and Terms of Reference Objectives and Scope of Market Regulation Regulatory Risks Convergence and Divergence The UK RIEs Emergence of Contestability The Investment Chain Consequences of the Investment Chain Approach Regulatory Challenges in Fragmented Markets Specific Regulatory Challenges in Fragmented Markets New Regulatory Framework Summary of the Regime Notes