A Practitioner's Guide to the Regulation of Investment Banking, 3rd Edition

A Practitioner's Guide to Investment Banking is a complete guide to the regulation of investment banking activities, helping you to understand how changes to the UK financial regulatory systems affect your organisation and your responsibilities - and how to remain compliant with UK, European and international regulations.

The new 3rd edition covers the most important developments since the publication of the previous edition in 2006.

• Covers all the latest regulatory developments to impact investment banking activities, including the Banking Reform Bill; Basel III; MiFID II, Dodd Frank; the Market Abuse Directive Review
• Deals with all types of investment banking transactions including equity captial markets, derivatives, loan markets and short selling
• Explains how the new UK regulatory structure and the role of the Prudential Regulation Authority impact investment banking
• Covers the practice impact of the Banking Reform Bill and the ring-fencing of retail banking operations
• Includes guidance on the impact of the Dodd Frank Act outside the US
• Advises on key areas of compliance such as governance, client assets, market abuse and confidentiality
• Includes chapters from some of the foremost banking and finance regulatory practitioners in the UK

The new edition is completely revised and restructured to cover:

• The transition from the FSA and the advent of the Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority
• The impact of the Vickers review and the Banking Reform Bill, which proposes separation of investment and retail banking operations
• Basel III
• The Market Abuse Directive review
• MiFID II
• Derivatives clearing regulations
• The UK Corporate Governan