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RegTech as a response to regulatory expansion in the financial sector

Veerle Colaert

How to master the profusion of financial regulation, let alone comply with it, is one of the most pressing issues faced by the financial sector today. An important part of the answer is RegTech:...

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Government-to-Robot Enforcement

Susan C. Morse

Regulatory compliance. Required filings. Tax returns. Bored yet? The mere idea of following a complex set of government rules is enough to make human eyes glaze over. The task presents itself as the...

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On the Pitfalls of Performance Standards

Cary Coglianese

Performance standards have long been heralded as a superior approach to regulating business activity. Such standards impose legal obligations to avoid or achieve specified outcomes, but then leave it...

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Corporate Governance

Corporate decision-making through strategic reporting: An empirical study

Iain MacNeil | Irene-Marie Esser | Katarzyna Chalaczkiewicz-Ladna

According to the Companies Act 2006, the directors of a company (except a small company: s 414A (2) CA 2006) must prepare a strategic report for each financial year of the company (s 414A (1) CA 2006...

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RegTech and the Future of Financial Regulation

Douglas W. Arner | Janos N. Barberis | Ross P. Buckley

The regulatory changes and technological developments following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis are fundamentally changing the nature of financial markets, services and institutions. At the juncture...

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Corporate Governance

Cultures of Compliance

Donald Langevoort

Regulators have become more insistent that business enterprises implement high-quality compliance programs to prevent criminal and civil wrongdoing by managers and employees. By now, the structural...

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Brexit

Brexit and Financial Services: 10 Things You Should Know

Norton Rose Fulbright

This briefing note explores the implications of the decision to leave the EU for the financial services sector. 01 | Introduction On June 23, 2016, the UK held its historic referendum concerning its...

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Corporate Governance

Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal: Lessons for Corporate Governance? (Part 2)

John Armour, Faculty of Law

In Part 1 of this post, I posed the question why risk-averse managers at VW might have failed to launch an internal investigation into any potential smoking guns during the company’s prolonged and...

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