International bodies—financial services regulation

This overview is a guide to the Lexis+® UK Financial Services content within the International bodies—financial services regulation subtopic, with links to the appropriate materials.

This overview presents a section that introduces international or supra-national bodies that are relevant to the financial services and markets sector. Much of the UK legislation and regulation of financial services and markets flows from activity at a supra-national level and the following bodies are particularly important:

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   the Financial Stability Board (FSB), for more information, see Practice Note: Financial Stability Board

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   the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), for more information, see Practice Note: International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) [Archived]

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   the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) (Basel), for more information, see Practice Note: Bank for International Settlements [Archived]

For practical guidance on the UK and EU regulators and supervisory authorities, see: UK regulators—financial services—overview and EU regulators—financial services—overview.

The financial services industry is a truly international industry: many organisations operate in multiple jurisdictions and clients want to be able to access services on a cross border basis. A lot of regulatory developments and initiatives