During the recent financial crisis, all countries of the world are making every possible effort to find the solutions to settle the root causes of the financial crisis such as the excessive expansion of the derivatives transactions, the policy of de-r...
During the recent financial crisis, all countries of the world are making every possible effort to find the solutions to settle the root causes of the financial crisis such as the excessive expansion of the derivatives transactions, the policy of de-regulation which has neglected the circumstance, the insufficiency of information system in financial supervisory authorities and the lack of professionalism in supervision. Each country is raising the degrees of regulations on the derivatives market and is pushing ahead an extensive reform of financial supervisory system. To cope with the financial crisis effectively, they are giving great effort to hold the meetings of G20 on regular basis and to reestablish the role of international financial organizations under international cooperation. Especially, the global financial crisis is giving a chance to all of the countries in the world to be noticed the importance of the systemic risk management, and to the financial supervisory authorities to pay greater attention on the regulations on the OTC(over-the-counter) derivatives trades.
Under the global trend of tightening the financial regulations, this study focused on arranging the system to prevent the failures of financial institutions and systemic risks, and providing an improved measure to secure investors' right, after looking into the details of the regulations on the derivatives market such as the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act which is not well known to the public for the reason that it has been initiated in the recent, the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, the Banking Act and the Insurance Business Act.
Therefore, this study went over the concepts and basic structures of derivative instruments, then, analyzed the current status of the regulations and the problems related to the derivatives market to get hints in the regulations. Also, through the review on the foreign policies related to the derivative market, the study suggested a solution to improve current regulations related the derivatives market focusing on the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act.
This paper consists of 7 chapters in overall, and the main issues in each chapter are as follow:
In chapter 1, Introduction, the objective of the study, overall study methods and the direction, and the range of the study are mentioned.
Chapter 2 outlines the fundamental theories of derivative instruments, the basic structures of them and the current status of the derivatives transactions. The details include the concept and kinds of derivatives, the legal characteristics, and the right and obligation of the contractors in derivatives trades, management strategies of derivatives, and the current status of domestic and foreign derivatives markets.
In chapter 3, the study discusses pros and cons of the derivatives, risks and cases of legal conflicts related to the derivatives market, and suggests a conclusive opinion.
In chapter 4, the study looks into the regulation system in the domestic derivatives market, and through a review on the legislative history and provisions of the related laws and regulations focused on the provisions actually regulating derivatives transactions for the purpose of recognizing the current status of derivatives market regulations, the study examines the legal items that need to be reflected on the laws. The provisions of laws related to the current regulations on the derivatives market will be reviewed as carefully as possible and, especially, the regulations in the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, discussed in separated chapter 4, will be examined whether they have the problems pointed out in domestic and foreign academic literature on derivatives market regulations and the legal items to be reflected on laws in the light of the foreign legislation precedent. The research activities will contribute to building up the basis to suggest an idea to ameliorate the respective provisions on derivatives transaction.
Chapter 5 deals with the history of derivative regulations and details of regulations in foreign countries and international organizations, and then derives implications. In particular, to provide helpful references in derivative market regulations in Korea, the study summarizes the regulations structures, major laws and regulations including directives and guidelines on derivatives market in each country. Together with this, focusing on the major issues, the study goes over the background and features of the recent trends in derivatives market regulations in each country after the global financial crisis, and finds the idea to ameliorate the domestic regulations on derivatives based on the implications derived.
In chapter 6, the study reviews on the necessity of the regulations on the derivatives. Then, based on the basic theories on derivatives, related laws, and the recent trends in the regulations that have been reviewed so far, the study suggests a desirable direction of the regulations together with the respective clauses of related laws and the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act.
Lastly, in chapter 7, the main issues in this paper and the rough regulation plan are summarized. Then, as a self assessment, the research tasks not treated in the study and the items that need to be complimented in the future will be briefly mentioned.