'The book is important for anyone who wants to work in or research financial regulation. It provides a conceptual way of thinking about regulation. It also gives unique insights into the behind-the-scenes of regulatory sausage making.' Pēteris Kloks, Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
1. States and the regulation of a globalized finance; 2. The ABCP-market at the heart of shadow banking and the financial crisis; 3. How to explain the absence of regulatory action on shadow banking; 4. The transformation of US financial markets since the 1960s and the emergence and growth of the ABCP market; 5. In the shadow of Basel; 6. Converging procedures or standards? The challenge of the IASC and domestic pathways to SIC 12; 7. Steering finance towards prudence – the role of banking regulators in the governance of compliance decisions; 8. The fate of the bank-based shadow banking system post-crisis; 9. Changing the façade, but not the structure: the continuing threat of shadow banking; References; Index.