‘Hard’ law not enough to reform banking culture, says BoE’s Shafik

Market participants must do their bit to reform behaviour and culture in financial services industry, says BoE deputy

nemat-shafik
Minouche Shafik. Photo: DFID
Department for International Development

Market participants must come together to create "aspirational standards" that exceed those of the regulator and encourage an "ongoing behavioural change" to ensure better future conduct by bankers, a deputy governor from the Bank of England said in a speech on October 20.

Highlighting the progress made in the Fair and Effective Markets Review, Minouche Shafik explained that while regulators were charged with introducing rules and regulations to enforce minimum standards of conduct, to hold

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.