The central thesis of this paper is that the laws of most nations governing the ownership, transfer and pledging of securities have become obsolete and need to be modernized to reflect the modern securities holding and transfer systems. It recommends that each nation's laws be modernized to...

This essay first discusses the development, status, and momentum of the single-point-of-entry (SPOE) strategy for solving the "too-big-to-fail" (TBTF) problem. It then describes the resiliency of the SPOE strategy in the face of criticism of the strategy itself or the statute under which it is...

The resolution planning process in the United States is still evolving. A resolution plan is a plan for liquidating, reorganizing, recapitalizing or otherwise resolving a systemically important financial institution (“SIFI”) that has reached the point of insolvency, non-viability or failure....

The paper analyzes the various structural solutions proposed by regulators in the US, UK and the European Union presented as the key to solving the problem of “too big to fail” (TBTF) banks. These come in three main varieties, one in the United States (the Volcker Rule), one in the United...