New financial crisis early this decade |
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| Written by Paul Williams | |
| Monday, 11 January 2010 | |
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Financial regulation has not gone far enough according to poll.
There is talk of a new financial crisis striking within the first half of this decade. The findings are part of a wide-ranging survey for Complinet, the world’s leading provider of compliance solutions. The survey found that the majority of regulatory experts questioned predicted the next significant economic downturn before 2015. Seventy seven per cent (77%) said recent reforms were insufficient to avoid another crash similar to the 2008 collapse. “The continuing lack of company transparency and accountability to the markets and the public makes the possibility of another crisis almost assured,” said one of the businesses questioned. The Complinet survey also showed that only 40 per cent thought their firm had changed its approach to compensating employees based on a better understanding of risks associated with the business. And 91 per cent recognised that the current bonus culture is resented by those outside the financial services industry. But the survey also showed that 62 per cent of senior management believe they’re putting the right controls in place. “Regulatory reform and implementation of effective compliance solutions are clearly vital to avoid another crash,” says Paul Johns, Vice President of Global Markets at Complinet. “The key message from this survey is financial institutions must ensure they have enough compliance resource to navigate through the regulatory maze and reduce the risk of falling foul of the rules.”
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