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Interest Rates, Venture Capital, And Financial Stability, Hilary J. Allen
Interest Rates, Venture Capital, And Financial Stability, Hilary J. Allen
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Following several prominent bank failures and as central banks continue to tighten interest rates to fight inflation, there is increasing interest in the relationship between monetary policy and financial stability. This Article illuminates one path through which the prolonged period of low interest rates from 2009-2021 has impacted financial stability: it traces how yield-seeking behavior in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis and Covid pandemic led to a bubble in the venture capital industry, which in turn spawned a crypto bubble as well as a run on the VC-favored Silicon Valley Bank. This Article uses this narrative to illustrate …
Penerapan Prinsip Business Judgement Rule Dalam Melaksanakan Kegiatan Perkreditan Dengan Menganut Prinsip Kehati-Hatian Pada Kasus Kejahatan Perbankan Di Indonesia, Dewi Maya Br Ginting
Penerapan Prinsip Business Judgement Rule Dalam Melaksanakan Kegiatan Perkreditan Dengan Menganut Prinsip Kehati-Hatian Pada Kasus Kejahatan Perbankan Di Indonesia, Dewi Maya Br Ginting
"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI
In a more complex and simplistic sense, abuse (abnormal use) of power can be interpreted as a result of the failure of internal control. Within the banking industry itself, the prudential principle is the main benchmark in the formation and maintenance of relations between the Bank and the public. Although Directors and Commissioners bear legal responsibility with their respective portions, there are certain limitations regarding when directors and commissioners cannot be held liable for the risk of decisions or supervisory actions that they have taken. When faced with a case of alleged banking crime, the Panel of Judges can use …
Defi: Shadow Banking 2.0?, Hilary J. Allen
Defi: Shadow Banking 2.0?, Hilary J. Allen
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The growth of so-called “shadow banking” was a significant contributor to the financial crisis of 2008, which had huge social costs that we still grapple with today. Our financial regulatory system still hasn’t fully figured out how to address the risks of the derivatives, securitizations, and money market mutual funds that comprised Shadow Banking 1.0, but we’re already facing the prospect o fShadow Banking 2.0in the form of decentralized finance, or “DeFi.” DeFi’s proponents speak of a future where sending money is as easy as sending a photograph–but money is not the same as a photograph. The stakes are much …
"Use And Improve" Is My Accountability Mantra, Despite 30 Years Of Eye-Opening Disappointments, Natalie Bridgeman Fields
"Use And Improve" Is My Accountability Mantra, Despite 30 Years Of Eye-Opening Disappointments, Natalie Bridgeman Fields
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This essay finds justification for championing the continued existence, functioning and evolution of Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs). An inside assessment of the thirty-year functioning of IAMs reveals that inadequate power and independence are severely hampering IAM efforts to hold actors accountable for harm. Simultaneously, IAMs can’t make progress without the underlying financial institutions reforming their incentive structures to reward harm prevention and remedy. Despite decades of systemic failure to deliver accountability, when exceptions happen, they are worth it and can be spectacular. With an influx of new climate-related funding expected at the financial institutions, exceptions need to become the rule. …