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09 Jun 2016

The Lobbyists and the Regulators Were Really, Socially and Culturally, the Same People

Asher Schechter

A Stigler Center conversation examines the mechanisms that drive cultural capture and why it is less prevalent today. This post is a cross-post from the Promarket blog, the blog of the Stigler Center...

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  • Financial Regulation
09 Jun 2016

The Inside Scoop: What Does Tabernula Tell Us About the Future of Criminal Insider Dealing Enforcement in the UK?

Wilmer Hale

This post comes to us from Leila Gaafar from Wilmer Hale. The high-profile insider trading prosecution dubbed “Operation Tabernula”, brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), has this month...

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  • Financial Regulation
08 Jun 2016

The 'Argumentum a Crise': So Powerful, So Prone to Misuse

Luca Enriques, Faculty of Law | Martin Bengtzen, Faculty of Law

The argumentum a crise is as simple and versatile as it is powerful and prone to misuse. It starts with ‘An important lesson from the crisis is that’ or ‘The crisis has taught us that’ followed by a...

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  • Brexit
  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Regulation
06 Jun 2016

The UK and the Eurozone

Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Mansfield College

In March the then Cabinet Minister Iain Duncan Smith told an interviewer that the UK had ‘just given away our right to veto’ over Eurozone area changes, for ‘next to nothing in return’ (see here)...

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
05 Jun 2016

Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership after the Panama Papers

Erik P. M. Vermeulen | Mark Fenwick

The recent publication of the ‘Panama Papers’ has focused public attention on how elaborate corporate structures and offshore tax havens can be used by politicians, celebrities and other elites to...

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  • Financial Regulation
03 Jun 2016

RBI’s Consultation Paper on P2P Lending - A Case of Unmindful Contradictions

Kanad Bagchi | Jitendra Soni

At a time when India is coming to grips with a Fintech revolution characterized by sprawling innovations and a new breed of ever-enthusiastic entrepreneurs, one would expect the regulatory response...

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  • Financial Regulation
01 Jun 2016

Panama Papers? Just One More Round of the Never-Ending Banking Secrecy Tango

Donato Masciandaro

In April 2016 revelations from the Panama Papers spotlighted the role that banking secrecy - which is offered in the so called tax and financial centres and territories - performs in the global...

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  • Financial Regulation
31 May 2016

The Effect of Information on Financial Markets

Andreas Chouliaras

One of the first research articles that attempted to assess the impact of information on financial markets was the paper “The analysis of world events and stock prices” by Victor Niederhoffer,...

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  • Financial Regulation
31 May 2016

‘Cross-border Cooperation in Bank Resolution: A Framework for Asia’

Vivien Chen | Andrew Godwin

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...

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
30 May 2016

Regulating for Corporate Sustainability: Why the Public-Private Divide Misses the Point

Beate Sjåfjell

Is the company a public or private entity? This intellectually interesting debate may serve as a deflection device, keeping bright academic minds occupied with discussing the nature of the company...

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
29 May 2016

Transparency II and Interim Management Statements - Implementation in Italy and Issuers’ Voluntary Disclosure Guidelines Published by Assonime

Assonime

This post comes to us from Valentina Allotti and Marcello Bianchi of Assonime. Transparency II (Directive 2013/50/UE) abolished the obligation to publish interim management reports for listed...

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
26 May 2016

Financial Regulators Propose Incentive Compensation Rules under Dodd-Frank

Paul Weiss

This post comes to us from Robert C. Fleder, David S. Huntington, Marco V. Masotti, Elizabeth M. Sacksteder, Reuven Falik, Frances F. Mi and David S. Lightstone of Paul Weiss. On April 21, 2016,...

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  • Financial Regulation
24 May 2016
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ICYMI – FCA Publishes Occasional Paper on Access to Financial Services in the UK

OBLB Editors

The FCA has recently published an Occasional Paper on how consumers access financial services in the UK. The FCA’s paper, which can be accessed here, aims to foster a culture of access throughout...

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  • Financial Regulation
24 May 2016

The Impact of the Current Fiscal Crisis in the Euro Area on the Greek Banking System and the Measures adopted to Safeguard its Stability: an Institutional, Supervisory and Regulatory Perspective

Christos V. Gortsos

I have recently published a study examining the impact of the current fiscal crisis in the Euro area on the Greek banking system, and the measures adopted to preserve its stability. It is divided...
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23 May 2016

Ethical Standards and Cultural Assimilation in Financial Services

Alan Morrison

Some egregious financial sector practices have come to light in recent years. For example, financial institutions in the United Kingdom have been pilloried for using high-pressure tactics to sell...

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
21 May 2016

ICYMI-Proposed US rules to prohibit incentive-based compensation arrangements encouraging excessive risk taking by financial institutions

OBLB Editors

In accordance with Dodd-Frank Act requirements, US federal agencies last week proposed rules to prohibit compensation structures that encourage excessive risk taking by financial institutions...

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
19 May 2016

Employee Share Plans Under MAR: The Impact on UK Companies

Herbert Smith Freehills

This post comes to us from Paul Ellerman (Partner) and Mark Ife (Partner) of Herbert Smith Freehills. New rules on inside information in the EU come into force on 3 July 2016 which impact on employee...

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  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Regulation
19 May 2016

Critical Factors for Stimulating Private Sector Sukuk Markets

Michael J.T. McMillen

In my paper “Critical Factors for Stimulating Private Sector Sukuk Markets”, available here, I explore sukuk markets. Sukuk markets are the success story of contemporary Islamic finance. Sukuk have...

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
17 May 2016

ICYMI – Andrew Bailey gives speech on Culture in Financial Services

OBLB Editors

Andrew Bailey, Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority gave a speech on the regulator’s perspective of Culture in...

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  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Regulation
16 May 2016

Governance and Culture in the Banking Sector

Alan Morrison

The 2008--09 financial crisis was in part a consequence of inadequate formal rules for bank capitalisation and liquidity, of failures of regulatory cooperation, and of ineffective insolvency regimes...

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  • Commercial Law
  • Financial Regulation
16 May 2016

Spanish Supreme Court strikes unparalleled super-priority of derivatives

A recent decision by the Spanish Supreme Court struck down the super-priority that Spanish law grants derivatives contracts in insolvency. The decision raises a series of interesting questions about...

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