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Corporate governance law effect in Greece
Lazarides, Themistokles - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 18 (2010) November, pp. 370-385
Purpose – Legislators legislate, but how feasible and effective the implementation and enforcement of these laws are and how congruent with the countries characteristics, is under doubt. The paper seeks to argue that the Greek law on corporate governance (CG) had no effect on the fundamental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391963
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Corporate governance legal and regulatory framework's effectiveness in Greece: A response
Lazarides, Themistokles - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 19 (2011) July, pp. 244-253
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to address the issues raised by the author of the paper “The effectiveness of corporate governance in Greece”. Design/methodology/approach – The issues are addressed point by point using additional data, references and analysis. Findings – The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391969
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Waste makes haste: Sarbanes-Oxley, competitiveness and the subprime crisis
Nordberg, Donald - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 16 (2008) November, pp. 365-383
Purpose – The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 followed hard on the collapses of Enron and WorldCom. Waste makes haste. Official reports for US government agencies worried that the legislation may have impaired New York's competitiveness as a venue for international capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987520
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The corporate governance of banks
Mullineux, Andy - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 14 (2006) November, pp. 375-382
asymmetric information literature relating to banking. Findings – The good CG of banks requires regulation to balance the … interests of depositors and taxpayers with those of the shareholders. Originality/value – Linking the bank regulation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987595
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Efficiency of authoritative disclosure recommendations: Evidence from IFRS transition disclosure in Finland
Miihkinen, Antti - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 16 (2008) November, pp. 384-413
regulation. Originality/value – This paper is the first to explore the efficiency of authoritative disclosure recommendations in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987598
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High court rules customer who opted from private to intermediate customer status to have been contributorily negligent to his spread betting losses
Gray, Joanna - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 16 (2008) November, pp. 414-420
Purpose – The article's aim is to report and comment on the High Court case Spreadex Ltd v. Sekhon. Design/methodology/approach – The article outlines the facts surrounding the case and comments on the ruling. Findings – The High Court rules that a customer who opted from private to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987605
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Corporate governance legal and regulatory framework's effectiveness in Greece
Lazarides, Themistokles - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 19 (2011) 3, pp. 244-253
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to address the issues raised by the author of the paper “The effectiveness of corporate governance in Greece”. Design/methodology/approach – The issues are addressed point by point using additional data, references and analysis. Findings – The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014870192
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Does regulation make it worse?
Jackman, David - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 12 (2004) 2, pp. 106-110
What is the purpose of regulation? What are we really trying to achieve? What should the world look like after it has … been regulated? Many “stakeholders” assent to the concept of regulation as a tool to fix a problem, but is there any clear … without developing a grasp of the principles underlying regulation. This paper argues that regulation is based on ethical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014869964
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The corporate governance of banks
Mullineux, Andy - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 14 (2006) 4, pp. 375-382
asymmetric information literature relating to banking. Findings – The good CG of banks requires regulation to balance the … interests of depositors and taxpayers with those of the shareholders. Originality/value – Linking the bank regulation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014870040
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Waste makes haste: Sarbanes‐Oxley, competitiveness and the subprime crisis
Nordberg, Donald - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 16 (2008) 4, pp. 365-383
Purpose – The passage of the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act of 2002 followed hard on the collapses of Enron and WorldCom. Waste makes haste. Official reports for US government agencies worried that the legislation may have impaired New York's competitiveness as a venue for international capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014870115