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Bank informational opacity: evidence from the Tunisian stock market
Mbarek, Lassaâd; Hmaied, Dorra Mezzez - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 20 (2012) July, pp. 278-292
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the informational opacity of Tunisian banks versus non-banking firms taking into account information environment changes. Design/methodology/approach – This research uses the synchronicity of stock returns as a proxy of informational...
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Bribery Act 2010: implications for regulated firms
Yeoh, Peter - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 20 (2012) July, pp. 264-277
Purpose – The UK responded with Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) after various international criticisms. The purpose of this article is to review its implications for UK regulated firms and foreign equivalents. Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted is qualitative relying on primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556221
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Prevention of corruption – UK legislation and enforcement
Brown, George - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 15 (2007) May, pp. 180-185
Purpose – The aim of the paper is to document the controls that presently exist in relation to domestic corruption, the … need for reform of the law, in relation to both domestic and international corruption and the challenges that are faced by … the UK Government in relation to enforcement of the laws that regulate corruption overseas. Design …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987558
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Bribery Act 2010: implications for regulated firms
Yeoh, Peter - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 20 (2012) 3, pp. 264-277
Purpose – The UK responded with Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) after various international criticisms. The purpose of this article is to review its implications for UK regulated firms and foreign equivalents. Design/methodology/approach – The approach adopted is qualitative relying on primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014870217
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Uncoupling the relationship between corruption and money laundering crimes
Mugarura, Norman - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 24 (2016) 1, pp. 74-89
Purpose – Money laundering schemes are inextricably linked to corruption whereby the latter is utilised either as “a … Bank to correlate the connection between money laundering and corruption. Corruption has been exploited to facilitate … has destroyed the myth that corruption is a domestic political issue amenable within individual states borders. Therefore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014870613
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Tax havens: conduits for corporate tax malfeasance
Jalan, Akanksha; Vaidyanathan, R. - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 25 (2017) 1, pp. 86-104
Purpose This paper is an effort to demystify tax havens – what they mean, what they offer and why they are harmful. It offers a detailed analysis of abusive tax planning by multinational corporations, involving the use of tax havens, shedding light on how corporations use “egregious”...
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Prevention of corruption – UK legislation and enforcement
Brown, George - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 15 (2007) 2, pp. 180-185
Purpose – The aim of the paper is to document the controls that presently exist in relation to domestic corruption, the … need for reform of the law, in relation to both domestic and international corruption and the challenges that are faced by … the UK Government in relation to enforcement of the laws that regulate corruption overseas. Design …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014870061
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Cause v. consequence-based regulation: Basel III v. the Eurocodes
Vermorken, Maximilian A.; Vermorken, Alphons Th. - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 19 (2011) May, pp. 111-116
/methodology/approach – The approach is based on studying the two selected regulation systems, Basel III and the Eurocodes and identifies how the … the financial regulation uses a cause-based approach to regulation, in which the causes of a crisis are found and … set of codes of practice. It is the trade-off between less regulation and increased responsibility. Originality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391940
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A macro-prudential perspective of financial regulation
Nguyen, Tristan - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 19 (2011) July, pp. 289-297
Purpose – In the recent financial crisis, many observers have assigned monetary policy a central role in the crisis. Specifically, they claim that excessively easy monetary policy by the Federal Reserve in the first half of the decade helped to cause a bubble in housing prices in the USA. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391943
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Co-operative and competitive enforced self regulation: The role of governments, private actors and banks in corporate responsibility
Ojo, Marianne - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 19 (2011) May, pp. 139-155
fostered through monitoring and the involvement of governments in the regulation of firms. Design/methodology/approach – In …” view of government is advanced as having a fundamental role in the regulation and supervision of banks. Findings … – Governments have a vital role to play in corporate responsibility and regulation given the fact that banks are costly and …
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