“…A parallel criticism of SROs is that they deflect criminal complaints away from the CJS to protect their members from criminal prosecution (Brockman, 2004, p. 57). Complaints deflected from the CJS are more serious in nature and involve the selling of risky products and illegal bid spreads (Cumming et al, 2018a(Cumming et al, , 2018bStenfors, 2018;Lokanan, 2017b). The introduction of innovative financial products such as Credit Default Swaps and Asset-Back Commercial Papers (ABCP), along with manipulation and bid-ask spreads in foreign exchange swap markets, have complicated the types of products that financial institutions now deal with (Cumming et al, 2018b;Lokanan and Sharma, 2018;Stenfors, 2018;To et al, 2018).…”