This event will cover the broad themes: - why is good corporate governance important? - how corporate governance is regulated; - the importance of Board effectiveness in the effective risk management of firms; - management expertise, culture and controls; - the UK approved persons regime and...

The topics covered in the seminar will fit within the following broad themes: - the various models of the financial regulatory architecture, including the ‘twin peaks’ model adopted for future financial regulation in the United Kingdom; - the benefits and challenges in delivering a more...

The financial crisis revealed that even a well-capitalised bank can find itself in difficulty if it does not manage its liquidity properly. Consequently, recent years have seen a great deal of theoretical and empirical research into the links between financial firm liquidity and overall...

In this two-day seminar, we aim to consider current problems with regulatory data management, and possibilities for its improvement. The following key topics are likely to be covered: - the appropriate dimensions and attributes of data for capturing systemic risk; - legal challenges and other...

The aim of this conference is to take stock of a number of recent studies that aim at assessing the evolution of firms' financing during the crisis and of its consequences for their default risk and survival. Besides two keynote lectures by David Scharfstein (Harvard Business School and NBER)...