State-of-the-art risk controls and professional supervision comprise the basic safety net investors and regulators expect from Wall Street.

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Better banking supervision and risk management - all the reforms we talk about endlessly here in the UK to strengthen the financial system - will be one part of making the world a safer place, in rich countries and emerging ones like Brazil.

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Then a formal, thought-out system of supervision and risk management is created and applied at every level to ensure execution of the strategy and protection against internal and external threats.

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Enforcing stricter licence application checks, consistent policing, ongoing supervision and monitoring of high-risk credit traders throughout the period of their licence.

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In June, the Federal Reserve, joined by the Office of Controller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of Thrift Supervision, issued final guidance to promote and ensure sound incentive compensation and avoid imprudent risk-taking.

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