The impact of the Internet on financial intermediation : outlook for investment services regulation The French Financial Market Regulator, the Conseil des marchés financiers concluded that online broking did not require a radically new approach in terms of regulatory requirements. The CMF believed it is just necessary to spell out the special « conduct of business rules » needed to take account of this particular way of conducting a relationship between financial intermediaries and their clients. Such was the aim of the regulations adopted in France. Going forward, it is likely that the Internet will be used not only for transmitting investors' orders but also for matching bids and offers. The revision of the Investment Services Directive ...