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The most comprehensive single-volume practitioner reference work on financial regulation, Financial Services Law has been thoroughly revised and updated to take account of the major developments in a rapidly developing regulatory landscape.
The updated text analyses all of the substantial institutional and structural changes brought, or to be brought, into effect under the additional new key statutes adopted in the financial area including specifically the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 and the Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016.
The major new regulatory initiatives are covered in detail, including the Senior Managers Regime (SMR) and Certification Regime (CR).There is also coverage of new individual statutory offences, bank ring-fencing, depositor preference, bail-in stabilization and crisis management, resolution planning, payment system reform, and further Bank of England governance and PRA reform.
Since the last edition there have been many developments at European level and the fourth edition takes full account of these including the Capital Requirements Directive IV, Insolvency II, and MiFID II. At domestic level the division of the FSA Handbook of Rules into the PRA Rulebook and the FCA Handbook has been covered in two new chapters.
There are also new chapters on 'Individual Accountability and Liability' following commencement of the Senior Managers and Certification Regimes, and on 'Consumer Credit' following the transfer of regulatory responsibility for this to the FCA. Additionally, the material on enforcement has been significantly developed in this new edition. Financial Services Law is the leading work on financial regulation for practitioners and scholars requiring a holistic treatment of the regime in the EU and UK.
Part I - REGULATORY STRUCTURE
1.: George Walker: UK Financial Services Reform
2.: Paul Kennedy: Statutory Framework for UK Financial Services Regulation
3.: Jane Welch and Peter Parker: European Financial Services
4.: Deborah Sabalot: International Agreements and Supranational Bodies
Part II - FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION
5.: Robert Purves: The PRA and FCA and the Handbooks of Rules and Guidance
6.: Simon Gleeson: Regulatory Processes - Authorisation, Supervision and Enforcement
7.: Alex Kuczynski and James Darbyshire: Financial Redress - Complaints, Disputes and Compensation
8.: Julia Machin: Listing and Public Offers
9.: Jonathan Melrose: Market Abuse
10.: Jonathan Melrose and Richard Sims: Insider Dealing, and Misleading Statements and Impressions
11.: Jonathan Herbst, Peter Snowdon and Matt Jones: Money Laundering and Financial Crime
12.: Richard Everett: Regulation and Financial Disputes in the Civil Courts
Part III - FINANCIAL SECTORS AND ACTIVITIES
13.: George Walker: Banks and Banking
14.: Noleen John, Maria Ross and Laura Hodgson: Insurance Regulation
15.: Etay Katz: Wholesale Investment Firms
16.: Gerard McMeel: Retail Investment Firms
17.: Robert Purves: Home Finance Transactions
18.: Eva Lomnicka: Collective Investment Schemes
19.: Andrew Henderson: Islamic Financial Services
Professor George Walker is a Professor in International Financial Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London. He is also a solicitor and consultant to Farrer & Co.
Michael Blair QC has been in self employed practice at the Bar since 2000 and was previously General Counsel to the Board of the Financial Services Authority 1997-2000. He has been a leader among the specialists in the field of financial services since he first joined the Securities and Investments Board as its legal Director in 1987.
Robert Purves is a commercial lawyer at Three Verulam Buildings with strong specialism in financial services law and regulation. From April 2003, Robert was Chief Counsel, Insurance and Prudential Policy at the Financial Services Authority, the UK body responsible for the licensing, oversight and regulation of almost all financial services business in the UK.
Contributors:
George Walker
Paul Kennedy
Robert Purves
Jane Welch and Peter Parker
Deborah Sabalot
Simon Gleeson
Alex Kuczynski and James Darbyshire
Jonathan Melrose
Richard Simms
Jonathan Herbst, Peter Snowdon and Matt Jones
Richard Everett
Etay Katz
Maria Ross, Noleen John and Laura Hodgson
Gerard McMeel
Eva Lomnicka
Andrew Henderson
Review(s) from previous edition
"The 2nd edition of Financial Services Law confirms its place as a "must have" on the book shelves of all financial services practitioners both legal and compliance and both in-house and in private practice - Stephen Revell, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
"Financial Services Law is thoroughly researched meaning no stone is left unturned by the authors in their quest of providing...key text for financial services lawyers." - Student Law Journal, 2001-2010
"I highly commend this work. Its position as one of the leading works in the field is put beyond doubt by this 2nd edition" - Stephen Revell, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
"This book is very highly recommended reading for all of those with an interest in any aspect of financial services law. It is extremely well written by expert contributors and has a clear focus throughout. it is comprehensive and clear in its coverage of all the major issues." - Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation
"The 2nd edition of Financial Services Law keeps the work at the cutting edge and, accordingly, it remains one of the most authoritative and comprehensive works on the financial services regulatory regime in the UK"
