Consolidating on a choice selection of chapters from its predecessor volume, “Designing Optimal Models of Financial Regulation in a Changing Financial Environment” – as well as conference presentations and recent global developments, this volume specifically addresses and recommends...

Consolidating on the Symposium “The Promise and Perils of Convergence in Financial Regulation and Consumer Protection”…………………., this volume focuses exclusively on the structure of financial regulation – as well as the system of financial supervision – in incorporating the...

Amongst other goals, this paper aims to address complexities and challenges faced by regulators in identifying and assessing risk, problems arising from different perceptions of risk, and solutions aimed at countering problems of risk regulation. It will approach these issues through an...

The need for continuous monitoring and regulation is particularly attributed to, and justified by, the inevitable presence of risks and uncertainty – both in terms of certain externalities and indeterminacies which are capable of being reasonably quantified and those which are not.Amongst...

This paper traces the developments that have contributed to the importance of risk in regulation. Not only does it consider theories associated with risk, it also discusses explanations as to why risk has become so important within regulatory and governmental circles. Two forms of risk...

What factors and developments have fuelled the "cartelisation" of capital markets? - to the extent of the rigging of EURIBOR and LIBOR rates? In what ways can EURIBOR and LIBOR rate rigging practices be addressed?How and why have offshore markets expanded to the degree and extent to which they...

How can a mismatch of resources and abilities be addressed?Further, how can regulatory design involving the external auditor be targeted at incorporating regulation, monitoring and supervisory activities at minimal cost for those businesses and institutions involved?The Role of External Auditors...

As well as highlighting recent initiatives being undertaken by government regulators such as the CFTC and SEC, to regulate virtual currencies such as the crypto currency markets, this paper highlights why the need to address unregulated financial markets – with particular focus on shadow...