At the urging of the G-20, the Basel Committee has overhauled the prudential framework for financial market participants. In December 2009 it published two papers – one on capital requirements, the other on liquidity risk management – and put them out to consultation.

ICSA held its 23rd annual general meeting in Istanbul from 10 to 13 May. AMAFI was represented by its Chief Executive, Pierre de Lauzun, and its European and International Affairs Advisor, Véronique Donnadieu. The first part of the meeting was organised as a public conference on the theme of "Global Financial Regulations in the Aftermath of the Crisis", with presentations by a number of personalities and high ranking officials.

CESR issued on 1 April 2010 a call for evidence on micro-structural issues in Europe 's equity markets. The aim was to determine how the accelerating pace of technological developments such as high-frequency trading, co-location and sponsored access could affect the structure of secondary equity markets in Europe .

Since market abuse is no longer a question for organised markets alone, CESR's member regulators have decided to extend their transaction reporting requirements to over-the-counter derivatives if the underlying asset is traded on a regulated market.