Improving financial institution supervision : examining and addressing regulatory capture : hearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, on examining the causes, implications, and potential methods of addressing regulatory captur

Improving Banking Supervision shows how greater market discipline can be used to help improve the quality of banks and their management in a world of increasing complexity, size and innovation. The book is based on research undertaken in the Nordic countries and New Zealand, and set in an international context through reference and comparison to the experiences of banks throughout the EU and the US. The authors show how traditional methods of regulation, particularly across borders face limits and can impose substantial costs on customers. They propose alternatives for today's international banks, based on a network of incentives to prudential behaviour and focusing on three main issues: - the development of transparent corporate structures - the public disclosure of comparable meaningful information so that markets can assess banks - the implementation of effective means to allow banks to exit without unacceptable costs to society

This written testimony accompanied Professor Hockett's oral testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, given on 21 November 2014. Professor Hockett testifies that the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) have made remarkable strides in addressing the 'reactiveness' and 'groupthink' challenges identified by internal critics in the wake of the 2008-09 financial dramas, but that further improvement might be in order where the bank examination process is concerned. He also makes structural reform recommendations aimed toward that end.

Provides an in-depth overview of the Federal Reserve System, including information about monetary policy and the economy, the Federal Reserve in the international sphere, supervision and regulation, consumer and community affairs and services offered by Reserve Banks. Contains several appendixes, including a brief explanation of Federal Reserve regulations, a glossary of terms, and a list of additional publications.

This report details the proposed reforms by the US Dept of Treasury to meet the following five key objectives: (1) Promote robust supervision and regulation of financial firms, (2) Establish comprehensive supervision of financial markets, (3) Protect consumers and investors from financial abuse, (4) Provide the government with the tools it needs to manage financial crises (5) Raise international regulatory standards and improve international cooperation.