Describe why an industry such as nancial services should require regulation.

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I am working as a trainee TV journalist for ITV. ITV is planning to run a feature article on financial services. I am going to contribute to the article to describe as to why an industry such as financial services should require regulation. I will also produce an investigative timeline of the history of financial services, and explain how it got its bad reputation and how it has now cleaned up its act to benefit all stakeholders.

Financial regulation 1) is the supervision of financial markets and institutions. Financial regulations necessitate financial institutions to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines. The primary purpose of a financial regulation is to maintain the integrity of the financial system. Financial regulation protects investors, maintain orderly markets and promote financial stability.

There are four main objectives of financial regulations. First is market confidence; this is to preserve confidence in the financial system in the UK. This is to guarantee that markets are fair, efficient and transparent and that individuals and companies have assurance in financial intermediaries and in the money supply. Another aim is financial stability. This is the contribution to the protection and improvement of the stability of the financial system. This is to maintain and raise understanding to the public of the financial system. They will be told of the benefits and risks of the different forms of financial transactions. Consumer protection is another financial regulation aim. This is to protect customers. The last objective is reduction of financial crime. This is to reduce the amount of financial crime such as money laundering, fraud and dishonesty including e-crime and criminal market.
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I am now going to produce an investigated timeline of the history of financial services, and explain how it got its bad reputation and how it has now cleaned up its act to benefit all stakeholders. The first bank I am going to discuss is the Johnson Matthey Bank 1984. The Johnson Matthey Bank expanded its activities and started to make high risk loans. These loans were concentrated to 4 borrowers, El Saeed Group, Abdul Shamji, Mahmoud Sipra and Rajendra Sethia. £21 million was lent to Abdul who was an owner of Puddle Dock and the Mermaid Theatre, ...

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