Purpose – The global financial crisis of 2008 raises many governance questions regarding the roles and responsibilities of executives and board members. Simultaneously, CEO duality in the USA and elsewhere has come under renewed scrutiny because of the perceived loss of checks and balances and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the potentials offered by New Product Committees for the development of responsible innovation in the financial services industry; and to provide grounds for policy recommendations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a policy proposal for building a new framework for gathering, measuring and disclosing financial risk information in the global economy. Design/methodology/approach -The paper examines the current state of the financial risk framework, notes...

Purpose – Since, the early 1990s, emerging markets have started to play an important role in the trading of derivatives products. Despite the fact that these markets are characterized in general as illiquid, segmented, politically unstable, with lack of regulations and historical financial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the ramifications of the UK Extradition Act of 2003 in the light of the extradition of the “Nat West Three” to the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The paper briefly outlines the background to the case and discusses British extradition...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a risk-based approach to anti-money laundering (AML) systems. Design/methodology/approach – The paper covers the areas of: customer due diligence, customer acceptance, risk management and implementation. Findings – Regulators and financial...

BPurpose – To contrast the challenges for bank regulators in a physically small centre such as the Bahamas with those for regulators in New York or London. To identify how the small centres can best meet their challenges, noting especially that Basel II is going to make even more important the...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the effect of the Securities and Exchange Commission's regulation fair disclosure (Reg. FD) on analyst forecast performance for pre-Reg. FD closed-call (CLC) and open-call (OPC) firms compared with the non-conference-call (NCC) firms in the post-Reg. FD...

Purpose – On 14 September 2007, after failing to find a “White Knight” to take over its business, Northern Rock bank turned to the Bank of England (the Bank) for a liquidity lifeline. This was duly provided but failed to quell the financial panic, which manifested itself in the first...

Purpose – To explore the implications of financial sector convergence for corporate governance systems. Design/methodology/approach – Globalisation, regulatory harmonisation and pensions reform are driving convergence of bank and market oriented systems of corporate finance towards a hybrid...