This year's FN100 Women, Financial News' sixth annual editorial pick of the most influential female executives working in European financial markets, is dominated by those negotiating the plethora of new rules governing every single aspect of the industry.

Of the 100 women on the list, a fifth are actively involved in regulatory reform. Four are Members of the European Parliament, three are regulators, six campaign for industry lobby groups, two co-ordinate think tanks and the others represent their firms to policymakers as well as helping their firms digest, respond to and comply with the latest proposals.