Bretton Woods Conference and Competition & Markets Authority: Difference between pages

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(CMA).

The UK government department responsible for promoting competition, within and outside the UK, for the benefit of consumers.

The CMA:

Inquires into mergers, markets, trade practices and the regulation of the major regulated industries under competition law; and
Enforces consumer protection legislation to tackle practices and market conditions that restrict consumers' choice.

The CMA was formed by the merger of the Competition Commission with certain responsibilities of the Office of Fair Trading.

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-A meeting of representatives of non-communist countries in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, USA in 1944.
+(CMA).
-Representatives agreed on the characteristics of the international monetary system, effectively the fixed exchange rate system, which prevailed until 1971.
+The UK government department responsible for promoting competition, within and outside the UK, for the benefit of consumers.
-== See also ==
+The CMA:
-* [[International Monetary Fund]]
+*Inquires into mergers, markets, trade practices and the regulation of the major regulated industries under competition law; and
-* [[Smithsonian Agreement]]
+*Enforces consumer protection legislation to tackle practices and market conditions that restrict consumers' choice.
+The CMA was formed by the merger of the Competition Commission with certain responsibilities of the Office of Fair Trading.
+==See also==
+* [[Antitrust law]]
+* [[Challenger bank]]
+* [[Competition]]
+* [[Federal Trade Commission]]
+* [[Financial Conduct Authority]]  (FCA)
+* [[Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee]]  (JROC)
+* [[Merger]]
+* [[Prudential Regulation Authority]]  (PRA)
+* [[Regulation]]
+* [[Supervision]]
+[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]