Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Single Regulatory Model

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Introduction: Across different jurisdictions there have been different institutional models applied. The models mainly used are the sectoral model, the twin peaks model and the single financial service model. Although Henry Paulson is suggesting that the single regulator model is the ideal model for supervision, in the 2008 crisis all models have experienced disappointments and thus no one model is considered to be superior than the other (Regulatory Structure of Financial Sector Regulators, 2016). The Sectoral Model: The sectoral model is the most decentralised financial regulation and supervision model among the three models mentioned. Under the adoption of the sectoral approach there are three separate regulators each responsible for the regulation of their main area of business. There is specific regulating body on the banking companies, another on insurance companies and the third regulating body on securities. This model is applied in five countries within the EU including Cyprus and Spain (Buttigieg, The Institutional Models for Financial Supervision, 2013). Advantages of the Sectoral Model: This multiple regulator model has been regarded to have the most expertise and specialised regulation on these three specific fields in the financial market, unlike the unified single regulator, in this sectoral model there is ample focus on the unique area being regulated and supervised (Jadhav, n.d.). This specialised focus is needed more than before due to the increasing

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