LL7176 - Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement (2024/25)
Module specification | Module approved to run in 2024/25 | ||||||||||
Module title | Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement | ||||||||||
Module level | Masters (07) | ||||||||||
Credit rating for module | 20 | ||||||||||
School | Guildhall School of Business and Law | ||||||||||
Total study hours | 200 | ||||||||||
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Running in 2024/25(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) |
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Module summary
The PRA and the FCA are currently the prudential and conduct regulators for approximately 26,000 firms within the Financial Services Industry.
The module examines the legal and regulatory basis for the supervision of these firms and approaches to enforcement. The module examines the statutory basis for the regulators’ powers of enforcement; the significance of a ‘judgment-based and pre-emptive approach’ to supervision and enforcement that is focused on delivering the Regulator’s statutory objectives.
The module will also consider the interactions between regulators and issues arising for dual regulated firms.
This module aims to provide a detailed, critical and evaluative knowledge of Financial Services Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement.
MODULE AIMS
On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
- appraise the international importance of Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement in a modern global economy;
- have a critical understanding of the influence of European Law on UK Financial Services Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement;
- appreciate the commercial importance of a rigorous system of Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement;
- critically evaluate the impact of global and commercial policy issues relating to Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement
Prior learning requirements
No pre-requisites. Not available for Study Abroad.
Syllabus
The module will include:
- The core regulatory principles;
- The Regulatory Principles for Business;
- The conduct of Business;
- The supervision process;
- Risk profiles;
- The regulatory approach to ‘culture’;
- Event driven and reactive supervision;
- Supervision of products;
- Practical delivery of the supervisory system;
- Powers of investigation; enforcement powers.
- The FSA Market Tribunal and its replacement by the Upper Tribunal.
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
Overview
Students will be taught by a combination of online lectures, interactive online seminars, one-to-one supervision, and self-study of a comprehensive module, with students encouraged to read from specified case law and legal journals. Students will be given the opportunity to discuss theoretical issues as well as practical problem solving. Students will be supported in undertaking on-line research using electronic law databases and encouraged to use on line legal resources on a regular basis. There is a virtual learning environment containing handbooks, lecture notes, weblinks, discussion groups, study skills materials and assessment criteria.
Experiential Learning
Students will be encouraged to respond to realistic case-studies relating to the sector, giving written legal opinions to clients in the style of a professional legal advisor. As an alternative core for the LLM award, students will be able to undertake and experiential learning project. Students will also be able to participate in the extracurricular experiential learning offered within the Law School, including the Pro Bono Clinic and the Mooting Club.
Study Support
Students will have regular access to module tutors by email and by one-to-one video conferences to support their studies. They will also engage with one formative assessment for each module, which will be marked promptly with opportunities for feedback either by email or individual online discussion.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module you will be able to do the following:
1. Comprehend and manage a substantial body of legal knowledge on UK Financial Services Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement;
2. Evaluate the commercial and government policy implications of Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement and appreciate its economic and social balance;
3. Critically analyse the importance of Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement;
4. Research and manage legal information from paper and IT resources and present competent legal arguments in writing;
5. Synthesise relevant case law and statute, understand and present conflicting arguments and apply the law to problem scenarios relevant to aspects of Compliance, Supervision and Enforcement.
Bibliography
https://rl.talis.com/3/londonmet/lists/6E4B9921-3140-8533-A9EC-1BC476912EBB.html?lang=en-US&login=1