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Politics Will Not Be the Only Force Reshaping Financial Regulation in the Next Year

Financial institutions should resist treating regulatory change as a series of isolated political events. Instead, they must recognize that technology, geopolitical uncertainty, market globalization, and shifting public expectations are combining to reshape financial regulation in ways that will endure well beyond election cycles, argued a senior regulatory policy executive at a major international investment bank. She suggested that institutions capable of engaging proactively with policymakers, rather than simply responding to new rules, will be better positioned to navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.