regulation did not take the "big picture" of the system suffciently into account and, subsequently, financial supervision mainly … "missed the forest for the trees". As a result, the need for macroprudential aspects of regulation emerged, which has recently … macroprudential regulation in creating stable, yet effcient financial systems. At the same time, I emphasize the importance of …

financial regulation from a comparative and international perspective and to identify some of the main research themes and …pt. 1. The structure of financial markets and the role of regulation -- pt. 2. Bank capital adequacy regulation and its … effect on bank behaviour -- pt. 3. European financial regulation and crisis management -- pt. 4. Central clearing of …