Contrasting Worldviews at Bank and Securities Market Regulators

Mark J. Flannery

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2020, vol. 52, issue S1, 43-62

Abstract: Bank and securities regulators operate with different attitudes about the appropriate regulation of financial institutions and markets. Bank regulators’ prudential oversight protects depositors from worrying about the repayment of their bank claims. In contrast, securities market regulators tend to presume that security markets (almost) always clear quickly at prices close to the asset's fundamental value. These regulators seek to assure full disclosure of information, which facilitates active securities trading. In the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) investor protection duties are tailored to the financial sophistication of individual investors.

Date: 2020
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