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The European Commission (DG Just) has invited feedback on its current Sustainable Corporate Governance Initiative, which is based on the EY Study on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate...

The European Commission (hereinafter ‘EC’) is speeding up the sustainability reform process to improve the EU regulatory framework on company law and corporate governance. The considered policy...

Recently, much interest has been expressed in the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) to the corporate boardroom including in the form of robo-director. The debate has taken a new intensity...

Investing in Environmental, Social, and Governance (‘ESG’) index funds is currently in vogue, now totaling around $250 billion. Yet, the US Department of Labor (‘DOL’) has taken a very negative...

Payment media, from gold coins to stablecoins, exist to be used, and in practice their use requires payment systems. In our paper ‘Central Bank Digital Currencies And Stablecoins – How Might They...

In its July 2020 Digital Trust Report, AustCyber estimated that a four week disruption to digital infrastructure caused by a major cyber attack would cost the Australian economy $30 billion (1.5% of...

The onset of Covid-19 has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine by consumers in India. Reports indicate that the popular Indian healthcare application Practo has witnessed a steep 500% increase in...

1. India’s Insolvency Ordinance: Protections and Rationale On 25 March 2020, the Central Government of India brought into force India’s first nationwide ‘lockdown’: an order to close all ‘non-...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) cleared a proposal to establish a regulatory sandbox for registered entities, joining its sister financial regulators, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI...

On 28 July 2020, ECB Banking Supervision published its first assessment of the potential vulnerabilities of the euro area banking sector in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Also on...

The changes in the EU’s legislative framework concerning payment services have opened the way to a new era of payments in Europe. While the Payment Service Directive 2015/2355/EC (PSD2) is intended...

The Indian Government recently banned 106 mobile applications of Chinese origin. These apps include TikTok, WeChat, CamScanner and Mi Video Call Xiaomi among others (the ‘Banned Apps’). Further,...

In a direct response to the 2008 global financial crisis, someone using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper discussing Bitcoin, a novel method for transmitting value without an...

The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change risks share many of the same characteristics, both in terms of their impact and why they have caught so many off-guard. Addressing climate risk is not a...

The World Economic Forum recently ranked Pakistan third-last in terms of economic participation and opportunity for women. Despite making up 49% of Pakistan’s overall population, the participation...

Venezuela is currently facing a grave humanitarian crisis along with a major economic and financial crisis. Venezuela has been in default on its debt for two-and-a-half years, and it has a huge debt...