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The Global Financial Crisis And The Governance Of Financial Institutions, John H. Farrar
The Global Financial Crisis And The Governance Of Financial Institutions, John H. Farrar
John H. Farrar
The global financial crisis has presented many regulatory challenges as jurisdictions struggle to effectively address systemic risk. This article, which constituted a plenary address at the Corporate Law Teachers Association Conference, 2010, traverses the range of regulatory measures that have been implemented in the corporate governance and prudential risk management fields with a focus upon developments in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Supervisory Colleges: The Global Financial Crisis And Improving International Supervisory Coordination, Duncan E. Alford
Supervisory Colleges: The Global Financial Crisis And Improving International Supervisory Coordination, Duncan E. Alford
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New Governance In The Teeth Of Human Frailty: Lessons From Financial Regulation, Cristie L. Ford
New Governance In The Teeth Of Human Frailty: Lessons From Financial Regulation, Cristie L. Ford
Cristie L. Ford
New Governance scholarship has made important theoretical and practical contributions to a broad range of regulatory arenas, including securities and financial markets regulation. In the wake of the global financial crisis, question about the scope of possibilities for this scholarship are more pressing than ever. Is new governance a full-blown alternative to existing legal structures, or is it a useful complement? Are there essential preconditions to making it work, or can a new governance strategy improve any decision making structure? If there are essential preconditions, what are they? Is new governance “modular” – that is, does it still confer benefits …
The Effect Of The Financial Crisis On The Middle East, Isam Salah
The Effect Of The Financial Crisis On The Middle East, Isam Salah
Global Business Law Review
The impact of the world economic crisis on the Middle East, and in particular on the countries of the GCC, was similar to the impact elsewhere in the West − collapse of the real estate sector, credit constraints, and economic contraction. The reaction of governments of the GCC was similar to the reaction of governments in the West − support of financial institutions and provisions of liquidity to the financial markets. Islamic finance has established itself as an important component of the commercial and financial sectors in these countries, so it is interesting to examine whether this segment of the …
Piigs, Itraxx Soyx, Neoliberalism, And Unshackled Finance Capital, Tayyab Mahmud Ph.D.
Piigs, Itraxx Soyx, Neoliberalism, And Unshackled Finance Capital, Tayyab Mahmud Ph.D.
Global Business Law Review
Banking and finance play a critical role in the economy by channeling savings towards productive investments. By the early twentieth century the lessons were learned that, left to its own devices, finance capital tends towards unbridled speculation and ends up playing havoc with the economy. The collective response was a Keynesian compromise whereby finance capital was regulated both nationally and internationally to put a check on speculation and to channel it to support the productive economy. The result was an extended period of economic growth and stability. Over the last thirty years, the neoliberal counter revolution reversed these regimes and …
Panel 3: Bankruptcy & Restructuring Of Financial Institutions, Barry E. Adler, William A. Ackman, Marcia L. Goldstein, Arthur J. Gonzalez, Michael J. Krimminger, Edward R. Morrison
Panel 3: Bankruptcy & Restructuring Of Financial Institutions, Barry E. Adler, William A. Ackman, Marcia L. Goldstein, Arthur J. Gonzalez, Michael J. Krimminger, Edward R. Morrison
Faculty Scholarship
Barry Adler: Thank you all for being here. It is an honor for me to be on this panel and an honor to moderate it. Let me introduce our panel before we get started. William A. Ackman, the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management; Marsha Goldstein, a partner and chair of the business finance and restructuring department at Weil, Gotshal; the Honorable Arthur Gonzalez, a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York; and Ed Morrison, the Harvey Miller Professor of Law and Economics at Columbia Law School. Also on this panel is …