Answer

According to the United States Commercial Code, the term foreign financial regulatory authority means “any (A) foreign securities authority, (B) other governmental body or foreign equivalent of a self-regulatory organization empowered by a foreign government to administer or enforce its laws relating to the regulation of fiduciaries, trusts, commercial lending, insurance, trading in contracts of sale of a commodity for future delivery, or other instruments traded on or subject to the rules of a contract market, board of trade or foreign equivalent, or other financial activities, or (C) membership organization a function of which is to regulate the participation of its members in activities listed above.”

Go to the NYU Business Library's Economics & Statistics section for links to useful resources including links to the following suggested resources:

Doing Business: World Bank project that provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.

EIU Country Commerce Global - The Economist Intelligence Unit is a source of information on business developments, economic and political trends, government regulations and corporate practice worldwide.

OECD iLibrary: Provides the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

You may also want to consult some of the targeted websites listed below. 

European Commission: Capital Markets Union
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Institute of International Bankers
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (IIBLP)