ECB Opinion on the (i) MiFID review (ii) EMIR (iii) MAD review
The European Central Bank has published several opinions relating to markets in financial instruments and insider dealing.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
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State Capital, Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Future Fund - II
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
The strategic importance of state capitalism is growing and its various forms are increasingly important sources of liquidity in currently volatile global financial markets but at what price?
Patrolling an Extended Perimeter
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
The unintended consequences of pork barrel politics come into full view in an exotic provision of Dodd-Frank.
The Euro: From Crisis to Resolution? Some Reflections from Ireland on the Road Thus Far
Brian Cowen gave a speech at Georgetown University in which he reflects on what happened in Ireland in recent years, including the context in which policy decisions in Ireland were made during the years of strong growth and during the crisis
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
King & Wood Mallesons Reports on Recent Developments Affecting Directors in the Regulatory Enforcement Pyramid
Greg Golding and Laura Steinke of King & Wood Mallesons consider the position of the Australian director in 2012 against the framework of the directors’ place in the regulatory enforcement environment.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
State Capital, Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Future Fund - I
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
If Australia does become a more proactive state capital investment actor there needs to be much more debate about the structure that should take and the accountability mechanisms required.
Rethinking the Theory of the Firm: The Return of the Entrepreneur
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Working within the nexus-of-contracts model, scholars have struggled to develop a rhetorical paradigm that provides a descriptive explanation of corporation law.
SEC Commissioner States That Investor Protection is Needed for True Capital Formation
SEC Commissioner Aguilar sets out his concerns with The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (HR 3606) in this speech which highlights the need for increased investor protection.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Shadow Banking and Financial Instability: Lord Turner speech to the CASS Business School
In a speech to the CASS Business School the Chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Lord Turner, set out how the ‘shadow banking’ sector contributed to the financial crisis, the risks it still poses to financial stability and the importance of a sufficiently comprehensive and radical pol
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
New York Times Publishes Opinion From Disgruntled Former Goldman Sachs Employee
Greg Smith was Goldman Sach’s head of US equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He bid farewell to his 12-year career at Goldman Sachs on 14 March 2012 by penning a column for the New York describing a toxic and destructive work environment.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012