The Deregulation Of The Banking And Securities Industries

This is a reprint of a previously published book. It is composed of a series of papers written for a two-day conference at NYU in 1978 dealing with the problems involved in the deregulation of the banking and securities industries.

How insightful is Alan Gart's Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation? "This book is a must for anyone who wishes to chart the future of a radically changing financial industry It contains the most comprehensive histories in a single source of the banking, insurance, and securities companies; what has brought them to their current strains, and what the group is likely to look like a decade from now. It looks like a winner." --Ben Weberman, Columnist Forbes magazine "[Alan Gart] gives the reader an excellent feeling of the past, which has caused the situation we are presently in, and more importantly, gives us an excellent view of the future." --L.J. "Bud" Rowell, Jr., President and CEO Provident Mutual "A valuable compendium of important events in the history of the financial services industry. No one--student, banker, or regulator--should be without it." --Irwin L. Kellner, Chief Economist Chemical Bank "A monumental effort.Alan Gart knows banking." --Terrence A. Larsen, Chairman CoreStates Financial Group "An informative, substantive, and provocative discussion of the financial services industry. This is a stimulating, even exciting, tour de force." --Leonard Berwick, Chairman/CEO First City Bankers "Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation is an illuminating and intriguing account of the dynamics of change taking place within the financial services industry." --Larry A. Frieder, PhD, Professor of Banking Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Considers the new global banking and financial systems which have become the subject of an unprecedented experiment involving new and unquantifiable risks. Based on up to the minute research, Dale offers a warning about structural faults at the heart of banking systems worldwide.

This book presents a comprehensive examination of the deregulation of financial markets that began in the United States in the mid-1960s and has now reached global proportions. The author examines the deregulatory steps taken in each of the major financial markets--the United States, Britain, Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong--exploring the impetus behind the deregulatory developments, their potency, and their effects on the operational, promotional, and allocational efficiency of financial markets. Khoury also assesses the effects of deregulation on the stability of financial markets and on the movement toward political and economic integration within these markets. Throughout, Khoury focuses particular attention on the dynamics of the deregulation process and the forces that generated it in each of the markets under study. Khoury begins by tracing the evolution of the internationalization of the financial markets and their deregulation over the last three decades. He then examines the economics of financial deregulation and the implications of regulatory changes. Four chapters are devoted to extended analysis of deregulation in the various financial centers. Khoury compares and contrasts the similarities and differences among the five markets, examines the impact of regulatory developments in each market, and analyzes the growing interrelationships among financial markets. A separate chapter looks at the effects of deregulation on the foreign exchange, money, and stock markets, and on the performance and stability of the banking sector. Finally, Khoury looks to the future of deregulation, describing the changes that are likely to occur in the regulatory structure and in the money and capital markets. Ideal as supplemental reading for courses in international finance and banking, this book also offers bankers and regulators new insights into the potential and actual effects of various regulatory and deregulatory measures.

Rapid financial deregulation and the globalization of capital markets have led to dangerous financial volatility that could have a destabilizing impact on major economies. To reduce this volatility, new regulation may be needed.

Deregulating Wall Street is the first comprehensive study to examine the separation of American commercial and investment banking. The authors, leading authorities on the subject, call for far-reaching deregulation of corporate finance, allowing increased competition for corporate securities business. In effect, they call for one of the most significant shifts in the country's financial system in the past half century, and point to the global financial services environment, including the thriving Eurobond market, where American banks compete without restriction.