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24 Apr 2016

A New Look at Bank Capital

Jihad Dagher | Giovanni Dell’Ariccia | Luc Laeven | Lev Ratnovski | Hui Tong

In our study, we suggest that bank capital in the range of 15-23 percent of risk-weighted assets would have prevented most past banking crises in advanced economies. The benefits of even higher bank...

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  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Regulation
22 Apr 2016

ICYMI – The FCA Publishes Interim Report of its Investment and Corporate Banking Market Study and Review of the IPO Process

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Last week, the UK Financial Conduct Authority published an interim report as part of its Market Study into Investment and Corporate Banking, alongside two further documents focused on the IPO process...

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  • Financial Regulation
21 Apr 2016

ICYMI – French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) Launches a Public Consultation Regarding the European Regulation on Market Abuse (MAR)

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The European regulation on market abuse is due to enter into force on 3 July 2016. In this context, the AMF is launching a public consultation on amendments to its General Regulation and its policy...

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  • Financial Regulation
17 Apr 2016

ICYMI – Matt Levine on Living Wills

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Matt Levine has written a column on the US banking regulators’ press release regarding banks’ living wills. In their press release, issued last Wednesday, the Board of Governors of the Federal...

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  • Financial Regulation
17 Apr 2016

The Evolution of Corporate Law in Canada: Towards Regulatory Competition?

Stéphane Rousseau

In the United States, the impact of regulatory competition on the evolution of corporate law has generated an intense and long lasting debate opposing the “race to the bottom” and “race to the top”...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Regulation
13 Apr 2016

The Euro Area, its Regulation, and Impact on Non-Euro Member States

Paul Craig, St John's College | Menelaos Markakis

There is a very considerable literature on the internal market. It is sophisticated and diverse, and, as might be expected, there are a plethora of views on most central issues. Our chapter on ‘The...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Regulation
12 Apr 2016

Securities and Futures (Amendment) Bill 2016: Introduction of the ‘Open-Ended Fund Company’ Structure in Hong Kong

Alison Tsang | Ernest Lim

Introduction On 27 January 2016, the Securities and Futures (Amendment) Bill 2016 (the “Bill”) was introduced into the Legislative Council. The Bill seeks to introduce a new ‘open-ended fund company...

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
11 Apr 2016

The Political Economy of Corporate Financial Regulatory Legislation

Michael Patrick Wilt

Every few years over the last several decades, Congress has been faced with the question of how to best regulate corporate financial activities. In the late 1970’s, concern for bribery overseas by...

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  • Financial Regulation
10 Apr 2016

The Economics of Disclosure and Financial Reporting Regulation: Evidence and Suggestions for Future Research

Christian Leuz

In our paper “The Economics of Disclosure and Financial Reporting Regulation: Evidence and Suggestions for Future Research”, Peter Wysocki and I review the empirical literature on the economic...

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  • Financial Regulation
03 Apr 2016

Australia’s Fintech Future

King & Wood Mallesons

This post comes to us from Scott Farrell (Partner) and Shannon Finch (Partner) at King & Wood Mallesons. FinTech (a combination of “Finance” and “Technology”) is one of the key themes in...

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  • Financial Regulation
31 Mar 2016

MetLife Defeats FSOC's “SIFI” Designation

Katrien Morbee, Balliol College | Thom Wetzer, Faculty of Law

U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer has struck down the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC) designation of the insurer MetLife Inc. as a systemically important financial institution (SIFI...
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  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Regulation
29 Mar 2016

Beyond The Search for Certainty: Addressing The Cross-Border Resolution Gap

Irit Mevorach

In this paper, I compare the development of cross-border solutions for multinational default of commercial entities to those solutions available for financial institutions, and argue for the...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Regulation
28 Mar 2016

EU Market Abuse Regulation: What Must Listed Companies do Now?

Travers Smith

This post comes to us from Adrian West (Partner) and Jane Bondoux (Professional Support Lawyer) at Travers Smith. The new EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) will become effective across Europe on 3...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Regulation
25 Mar 2016

ICYMI - ECB publishes Regulation and Guide on Harmonisation of Options and Discretion in Banking Supervision

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The European Central Bank yesterday published a regulation and a guide on harmonisation of options and discretion in banking supervision, which it described as "an important step in harmonising the...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Regulation
24 Mar 2016

The New Market Abuse Regime: The Framework So Far

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

This post is based on the summary of a memorandum by Raj Panasar and Eloise Skinner of Cleary Gottlieb’s London office. On July 3, 2016, the Market Abuse Regulation will replace the current civil...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Regulation
23 Mar 2016

ICYMI – World Bank Publishes Report on Doing Business in 2016

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The World Bank has published Doing Business 2016, the 13th entry in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies. The regulations addressed in this year’s publication...

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  • Competition/ Antitrust
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Regulation
23 Mar 2016

Mum’s The Word: Antitrust Risks of Public Announcements

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

This post comes to us from Martijn Snoep and Jolling de Pree from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. Public price announcements have caught many cartel enforcers’ eye. The European Commission recently...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
22 Mar 2016

ICYMI - European Commission Adopts Delegated Regulations on Market Abuse

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The European Commission has recently adopted the following delegated regulations containing regulatory technical standards (RTS) to supplement the EU Market Abuse Regulation (No 596/2014): RTS for...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Regulation
21 Mar 2016

ICYMI – Consultative Document on Pillar 3 Disclosure Requirements Released by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has released a consultative document on the Pillar 3 regulatory disclosure requirements, which aim to promote market discipline through meaningful...

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  • Financial Regulation
18 Mar 2016

ICYMI - FCA Occasional Paper on Economics for Effective Regulation

The UK Financial Conduct Authority recently published an occasional paper on "Economics for Effective Regulation" (EFER). EFER is a new market-based methodology for regulatory economic analysis that...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
16 Mar 2016

Civil Liability of Rating Agencies – An Insipid Sprout from Brussels

Matthias Lehmann

In my article ‘Civil Liability of Rating Agencies – An Insipid Sprout from Brussels’, published in the Capital Markets Law Journal (2016) 11 (1): 60-83, available as a working paper here, I analyse...

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