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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Financial Regulators"”.
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The Legal Implications of Off Balance Sheet Financing: A Comparative Analysis of UK and US Positions
… either not visible or only partially visible in financial reporting for a number of reasons. It has attracted controversy in the light of its employment in a number of major corporate scandals. Previous investigations dominated by short works and consultancy papers have focused mainly on the …
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An Investigation of the Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis and Stock Market Automation on Market Efficiency: A Case for the Botswana Stock Exchange
This study investigates the effects of the 2008 financial crisis and stock market automation on the efficiency of the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE). It makes use of the BSE All Share Index (ALSI) logged returns covering the time period 2005 – 2017. In addition, four distinct tests are employed to …
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The regulation of crypto-assets in South Africa with particular regard to crypto-asset market manipulation
… to the trading activity or the price of a financial asset. Market abuse is one of the various challenges plaguing the crypto-assets market, and is one of the financial regulators’ priority concerns. This study examines and discusses the problem of market manipulation in crypto-assets, and …
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SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: REVISITING THE EFFECT OF MATERIAL SUSTAINABILITY
… on firm performance measured by accounting financial metrics and stock returns. Material ESG scores are calculated using SASB’s guidelines that identify industry-based disclosures and metrics it believes are most likely to be valuable for investors. SASB provides “material” ESG metrics that …
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Corporate governance : in search of balance between state regulation and self-regulation
… time with the establishment of corporate and financial regulators. While the events emanating from the US implosions have had an influence on the Irish corporate governance landscape, literature shows that industry does not generally favour state intervention.<br/><br/>Because of the changes …
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Legitimacy of the Maltese Financial Services Regulator
… demands’ of operators in the Maltese financial services sector; second, and arising from the first, to explore the influence of legitimacy perceptions on the behaviour of operators. Legitimacy – the recognition of power as morally valid – is an important topic to researchers across …
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Essays in Quantitative Risk Management for Financial Regulation of Operational Risk Models
… guidance and rules are provided to banks by financial regulators. A particular set of instructions outline requirements to calculate and set aside loss-absorbing regulatory capital to ensure the solvency of a bank. Mathematical models are typically used by banks to quantify sufficient amounts …
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Growth and challenges of the Islamic banking system: A perspective of the British Bangladeshi Muslim Community in London, United Kingdom
… rather than conventional banking. The UK’s financial regulators are playing a decisive role in this growth and development. Furthermore, a higher level of commitment has evolved amongst BBMC members towards the growth of this banking system, despite a lack of understanding of it, where the …
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The market reaction to convertible bond issues and the determinants of bookrunner selection
… better underwriting services. Furthermore, financial regulators are benefited from this study to better understand the underwriting market in convertible bond offerings. My research focuses on an overall sample size of 11,350 convertible bond offerings worldwide issued between 1984 and 2015. …
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An analysis of the potential lessons that can be learned from UK and US financial services regulation in the context of the UAE
… analysis of regulatory landscapes in the financial sectors of the United Kingdom (UK), the United States (US), and within the context of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The investigation was driven by the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) which exposed significant …
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Three Essays in Lending
… the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis and the 2008 financial crisis that followed afterwards. In particular, the first two papers (chapters 2 and 3) are motivated by the literature findings on the subprime crisis that lending standards had been relaxed. The first two papers examine changing …
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The Federal Banking Regulators: Agency Capture, Regulatory Failure, And Industry Collapse During The 2008 Financial Crisis
… bank regulatory agencies leading up to the 2008 financial crisis: the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and The Office of Thrift Supervision. Though public administration and policy scholars have moved away from capture …
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Pension fund Investment and infrastructure development in Namibia
… fees. Although infrastructure's economic and financial characteristics are a match to Pension Fund liabilities, Namibia's Pension Fund investment in infrastructure lags behind world-class benchmarks. This study investigated the factors that hinder Pension Fund investment in infrastructure in …