Oxford Business Law Blog

The present regulatory orthodoxy in protecting individual investors from ‘bad’ investments is to create and enforce a robust disclosure regime. Many jurisdictions therefore require issuers of...

Our recent article, which we co-authored with Angus Chan, examines the main challenges for achieving regulatory convergence and coordination for depositor preference rules and explicit deposit...

The last decade or so has seen the emergence of ‘international commercial courts’ in four jurisdictions: the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts, the Qatar International Court, the Abu Dhabi...

The enactment of the civil penalty regime in 1993 introduced a new approach to the enforcement of directors’ duties by statutory agencies in Australia. Prior to the 1993 reforms, enforcement of...

In recent years there has been a renewed emphasis on improving the regulatory frameworks of financial systems, in part as a response to the global financial crisis (‘GFC’). This has included a focus...

The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and Forex scandals have shaken public trust in the global financial system. Despite the global nature of the scandals, the role of international cooperation...

The increasing interconnectedness between Asian financial markets suggests the need for regulatory frameworks to support regional financial stability. This need is likely to increase with the advent...

Countries have adopted different approaches or structures to financial regulation. The ‘institutional approach’ focuses on the form of the regulated institution (e.g. a bank, an insurer or a...