The United Kingdom’s financial market infrastructure is critical to the smooth functioning of the financial system. The Bank of England’s supervision of financial market infrastructures – Annual Report, published today, sets out how the Bank has exercised its responsibilities in respect of supervising financial market infrastructure over the past year. It also looks at how the Bank is at the forefront of both domestic and international work to strengthen both regulatory standards and supervisory frameworks for the supervision of FMIs going forward. A short video from David Bailey – Director Financial Market Infrastructure Directorate, tasked with day-to-day supervision of financial market infrastructure – introducing the report is below, alongside a link to the full report.
Supervision of financial market infrastructures - Annual Report 2017