The government regulates financial markets for two main reasons:

a.

to improve control of monetary policy and to increase the information available to investors.

b.

to ensure soundness of the financial system and to increase the information available to investors.

c.

to ensure that financial intermediaries do not earn more than the normal rate of return and to improve control of monetary policy.

d.

None of the options are correct.

e.

to ensure soundness of financial intermediaries and to prevent financial intermediaries from earning less than the normal rate of return.