Global financial regulation : the essential guide /
Howard Davies and David Green.
- Cambridge [u.a.] : Polity, 2008.
- xiii, 289 p. : il. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.
As international financial markets have become more complex, so has the regulatory system which oversees them. The Basel Committee is just one of a plethora of international bodies and groupings which now set standards for financial activity around the world, in the interests of protecting savers and investors and maintaining financial stability.