International Financial Regulation

This one-week executive course focuses on the regulation of the global financial industry and equips participants with a holistic view of the strategies and tools used by regulators and supervisors around the world.

Overview

The International Financial Regulation executive course is a one-week intensive exploration of the regulation of the global financial industry. It is designed to equip participants with a holistic view of interrelated regulatory strategies and tools used by regulators and supervisors around the world. Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to apply, debate and shape financial regulation strategies in relation to their own jurisdiction and in respect of fast-evolving international frameworks.

The combination of a broad overview of financial regulation (Modules 1, 2 and 10 - see 'Course schedule' below) with insights into specific areas (Modules 3 to 9) allows participants to navigate through the panoply of existing and projected financial regulation without the necessity to cut through the thicket of very technical provisions.

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Aims

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand and apply the core regulatory strategies and tools used in global financial supervision
• Analyse the policy rationales that shape financial regulation, including market efficiency, systemic stability, consumer protection, crime prevention and ESG
• Evaluate international standards and compare approaches across the UK, EU, US and other jurisdictions
• Assess emerging risks in financial markets and interpret how regulatory frameworks evolve in response
• Engage confidently in professional debates on financial stability, supervision, crisis response and regulatory reform

Target audience

This course is open to participants with a minimum of three years of professional experience related to financial services. It is suitable for:

• Professionals working in financial institutions, regulatory bodies, central banks or supervisory authorities
• Legal practitioners advising on financial regulation and markets
• Policy makers, researchers and NGO representatives engaged in financial sector issues

Course content

Topics

• Rationales and techniques of financial regulation
• Global, EU and national regulatory and supervisory structures
• Banking stability, Basel accords and prudential frameworks
• Banking safety nets, bank resolution and shadow banking
• Bank balance sheets and credit rating agencies
• Derivatives markets and central clearing
• Technology, payment regulation and digital finance
• Future challenges for financial regulation in a complex global environment

Academic staff

Course convenor

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  Philipp Paech is an Associate Professor of Law at LSE and has been an educator, researcher, and policy consultant specialising in the regulation and law of financial services for over 20 years. Since 2017, he has focused on the regulation of Digital Finance. He served as the chair of an EU Commission expert group on this subject (‘ROFIEG’), and the group's recommendations became a foundational document for the EU Digital Finance Strategy. Philipp teaches and conducts research at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where his educational portfolio includes master's courses in International Financial Regulation, International Financial Law and Digital Finance. Philipp is a Distinguished Global Professor of Law at Notre Dame University in the USA and is an attorney-at-law in Frankfurt, Germany. He consults for institutional clients in London and Frankfurt. His clients include the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Santander, BVBA, the Central Bank of Ireland, and the European Parliament and the European Central Bank.

Course lecturers

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  Elisabeth Noble is a Visiting Professor in Practice at LSE Law School and a Senior Policy Advisor and Team Leader at the European Banking Authority. She leads the EBA’s work on crypto-assets, DLT, and the platformisation of financial services and is the EBA coordinator for the European Forum for Innovation Facilitators. She represents the EBA in EU and international standard-setter policy work streams relating to FinTech, market-based finance, financial system interconnectedness, market access and the regulatory perimeter. Prior to joining the EBA, Elisabeth was at the UK’s finance ministry (2008-14) advising primarily on the response to the financial crisis and the post-crisis domestic and EU regulatory reforms, including the reforms to the regulatory architecture in the EU (Banking Union). Elisabeth has also spent some time in the private sector. Her current research interests relate to data access and competition metrics, platformisation and financial sector interconnectedness, and what she describes as ‘the next generation of financial conglomerates’ (new mixed activity groups, including BigTechs).

Professional services staff

Course manager

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  Amanda Tinnams is the Short Course Manager at LSE Law School, bringing over two decades of experience managing short course programs. Amanda has successfully overseen courses offered on-campus, online and internationally. She is committed to creating impactful learning experiences that combine academic excellence with practical application, supporting professionals and organisations worldwide.

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