Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate a deposit insurance program for household deposits, which is designed to act as safety net in order to minimize or eliminate the risk of loss of depositors' funds with banks represents a primary element of this reform....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish three sets of principles – the first for effective prudential supervision of financial institutions; the second for the timely resolution of failed institutions and the management of financial crises; and the third for the successful...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider whether a move from self-regulation in the form of the Banking Code to statutory regulation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of retail banking conduct of business is to be supported. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins by...

Purpose – An effective bank resolution regime requires taking action while the bank still has positive net worth and shareholder claims still have economic value. Such actions raise a number of legal issues with respect to the rights of shareholders. This paper aims to consider how to strike a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to the role of the Fannie Mae/ Freddie Mac duopoly in the American housing market. Design/methodology/approach – First, the paper defines the “government sponsored enterprise,” which is the type of hybrid...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the complexities of reorganizing and/or liquidating troubled banks under the European Union's (EU) current institutional framework as it is defined by its directives and by national supervisory, remedial, and insolvency practices....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at a recent Financial Services Authority (FSA) challenge in the Court of Appeal to finding of Financial Services and Markets Tribunal on question of whether solicitors' firm had contravened financial promotion regime (FSA v. Fox Hayes: Court of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the arrangements that have been used in the present crisis and their relative success and to look to the post-crisis situation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines and explains the crisis and the roles of deposit insurance and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review current trends in reforms of the supervisory architecture in European Union (EU) countries. Design/methodology/approach – Against the background of the debate on the advisability of further centralizing prudential supervision in the EU this...