Purpose: This paper is a “viewpoint” article, and as such, the purpose of this paper is to present the author’s opinion and interpretation. Its primary purpose is to propose seven guiding principles for effective bank regulation so that these may be subject to academic criticism....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how illegally obtained funds are laundered by employment of consulting companies in Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative content analysis of 28 semi-standardized expert interviews with...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze a data set from a brokerage firm to find possible spoofing cases in ten stocks from the Ibovespa index. The studies proposed concerned the parameters used in the search for the practice, the frequency of occurrences during the negotiation period,...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the impact of activity restrictions in shaping the risk-taking behaviour of banks through the channel of competition in different economic conditions. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use a dynamic panel regression method, particularly a two-step...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of capital control and external debts after the 1997 financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach: Using system estimation approach, the authors estimate a panel data-based econometric model for data on Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the...

Purpose: Non-performing assets (NPAs) have been a cause of concern for the banking sector across the world and have invited a lot research interest, especially for emerging economies. In India, the NPAs grew many folds and reached alarming levels in 2013. The available mechanisms, such as...

Purpose: This paper aims to focus on capital-related macroprudential policies in the context of recent policy discussions on the removal of barriers to the mobility of capital and liquidity of cross-border banks in the European Union (EU). Design/methodology/approach: This study first discusses...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the impact of interest rate liberalisation on the constancy of mean interest rates in China to test the effect of financial reforms and provide strategies for future practices. Design/methodology/approach: Bai and Perron’s (1998, 2003) methodology is used...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the rationale for the establishment of a depositary passport as the next logical step in building an internal market for investment funds in the European Union (EU). It makes the point that the de facto prohibition of depositary passporting poses risks to...

Purpose: This analysis asks whether regulatory capital requirements capture differences in systematic risk for large firms and micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The authors explore whether bank capital regulations intended to support SMEs’ access to borrowing are effective....