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How EU Financial Regulation Impacts the
Real Economy
Richard Raeburn
Budapest
18 May 2012
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Overview
• The EACT – an introduction
• Scope of the EU’s post-crisis regulatory agenda – and the impact on the ‘real economy’
• Are we victims of ‘regulatory capture’?
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Recurring themes
Do regulators fully consider the (unintended) consequences
….and has ‘regulatory capture’ taken place?
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Overview
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EACT introduction
• EACT: European Association of Corporate Treasurers
• 20 ‘national associations’ – 17 Member States plus Croatia and Switzerland
• Associations range from largest (UK) to smallest – the ‘treasury club’ in Finland?
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….EACT introduction
• Origins: sharing issues and experience in preparation for Eurozone
• Membership later widened to all EU Member State associations
• …and then to ‘European’ associations
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….EACT introduction
• Two objectives:
– Influence regulation and standards development
– Share experience – particularly between older associations and the younger ones
• Before the 2008 crisis: major involvement in Payments Directive and international accounting standards
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Overview
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Starting point – G20 Sept 2009
• Determination to clean-up the financial system – an understandable ‘crusade’:
– Failure to price risk correctly
– Asymmetric rewards (bonus culture)
– ‘Too big to fail’
– Sector should pay
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The regulatory objective
Global initiatives are focusing on:– Systemic risk
– Activities without added-value
– Transparency
– Oversight
– …..and payback for taxpayer costs
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The EU regulatory agenda
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Derivatives (EMIR)- outcomes
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Bank capital(CRD IV and CRR)
Should welcome Basel III – stronger banking system – foundation for stronger EU and global economies and reduced taxpayer risk
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….but CRD IV /CRR
• Could threaten the EMIR exemption by excessive credit charges (CVA) on uncleared derivatives
• Orthodox view (UK and elsewhere) – no dilution of Basel III
• EP has adopted EACT ‘EMIR read across’ amendment
• Debate moves to trialogue
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MiFID II and MiFIR
• Part of the regulatory push for greater transparency and reduced risks
• Exchanges rather than OTC
• Intention not to cut across EMIR exemption
• …but concerns remain
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Credit rating agencies(CRR)
• Highly politicised within the EU – perception of poor behaviour by CRAs
• Confusion between CRAs role in structured products etc and work for corporate issuers
• Issues: rotation; methodology oversight; civil liability; suspension of sovereign ratings; issuer and investor pays models
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Real economy impact- what we have learnt
• Vital role of European Commission (EC) – early thinking and Green Papers
• EC inadequately resourced and lacking relevant experience
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….what we have learnt
• EC seems insensitive to real economy impact –proposals seen as for financial sector only
• Impact assessments rigid, theoretical – eg overall review model cannot allow for bank disintermediation
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Overview
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Regulatory capture
• Financial sector lobbies hard and has huge resources – but ‘over-lobbied’
• Banks – especially investment banks – viewed as ‘toxic’ – no value in corporates associating with them
• …but great need for analytical support eg on CVA impact
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….regulatory capture
• Real economy poorly represented in EU but generally ‘picks up the tab’
• ‘Regulatory capture’ may be taking place – regulation agenda insensitive to real economy
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.…regulatory capture
• The EACT has responded:– Monitor and mobilise early on regulatory initiatives– Prepared to work with large corporates when
appropriate– Strengthen Brussels presence
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