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The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act may be coming up for its 10th birthday, but the wide-ranging regulation remains as important as ever. The vast Obama-era financial reform came as a direct response to the 2008-9 crisis, which as well as establishing a whole set of new government regulators and agencies designed to protect consumers and financial stability, introduced a range of new requirements designed to keep the US banking system under wraps. The Act faced a lot of criticism and had many adversaries before it even passed, barely scraping through the Senate, and in recent years has faced a barrage of attacks from the incumbent Republican administration.

BlackRock's government relations team was established in 2009, when the S&P 500 was at its lowest nadir and "it was clear that significant financial regulation was on the horizon".

The existence of blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT), has prompted fierce debate over its usage, status and capabilities, to the point that some experts feel its namesake undermines the benefits it offers.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – the UK's all-encompassing financial services regulator – is at any point the subject of either praise or derision, depending on the commentator. But there is rarely any middle ground. It has earnt itself the reputation as one of the European Economic Area's most fine-happy enforcers, with a particular penchant for punishing firms over failures to comply with the new wave of reporting requirements.

There's arguably no one more familiar in the European market structure space than Liquidnet's Rebecca Healey. Having been in her role as head of EMEA market structure and strategy for the equities exchange for just three years, Healey has made major waves, positioning herself as the go-to on Mifid II's myriad market structure issues.

Recent years – 2019 in particular – have seen a sea change in the debate on tackling global warming. All of a sudden it seems the environment is on the agenda in places it hadn't been previously – including the financial sector. It now seems incredibly plausible that climate change will be a dictator of policy over the coming decade.

Christopher Giancarlo, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), was among the first suggested when the candidates for this feature were decided. During his time at the agency he has made quite the impact on the industry, been a champion of cross-border harmonisation, and brought to life a number of innovative measures, such as LabCFTC. His white papers on swaps reform in the US contain the blueprints to reform the sector entirely, and look set to have a marked impact in coming years. Work in the cryptocurrency sector has earned him the nickname 'crypto dad', and recently it came to light that he was in discussions with Facebook over its just-announced endeavour into the space, Libra.

A regular on lists like these, London-based Clifford Chance partner Owen Lysak advises clients on the full gamut of regulatory issues, from Mifid II to Brexit. But while many of his colleagues and contemporaries remain focused on the latter, Lysak tells IFLR that after three years of Brexit work, he's now beginning to look beyond.

With the UK’s exit looming and a high chance of the FCA’s role in shaping the single market’s regulatory framework receding, EU27 authorities tell Practice Insight that they must rally together to strengthen the union

Lawmakers including Senator Chris Dodd, Congressman Barney Frank and CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo tell IFLR that fragmentation between foreign markets is a thorn in the side of global stability