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Twin Peaks Revisited - Centre for Competition Law and Policy

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UK’s system pre-crisis<br />

� Clear separation of roles between BoE <strong>and</strong> FSA.<br />

� BoE focused on monetary policy.<br />

� FSA focused on micro-prudential supervision <strong>and</strong><br />

(especially) consumer protection.<br />

� Who was responsible <strong>for</strong> financial stability?<br />

� Who was responsible <strong>for</strong> crisis management?<br />

� Tripartite arrangements (Treasury, BoE, FSA) were<br />

unwieldy <strong>and</strong> wilted in heat of crisis. No one in overall<br />

charge.

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