This article examines the implications of the rise of Fintech for achieving effective cooperation in the area of financial regulation. While the disruptive and transformative impacts of Fintech pose significant challenges for domestic regulators, Fintech also presents opportunities to enhance...

The growth of Fintech, which refers to the use of technology in providing financial services, is continuing to disrupt global financial services markets. The rapidly evolving technological landscape provides challenges for financial regulators, which are already facing the need to address a...

This empirical study applies the authors' model of enforcement intensity to quantify the severity of sanctions imposed on defendants for market manipulation and insider trading in Australia, Canada (Ontario), Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, providing comparative measures of the...

This article presents the results of the first empirical study focused on older Australians in bankruptcy. Our study — based on the examination of a large and unique dataset obtained by the authors from the bankruptcy regulator — provides a valuable insight into the severe financial...

Market manipulation, generally considered to be a serious form of misconduct, has been a significant focus of regulators, the media and others in Australia and internationally, with widespread allegations of market manipulation, not just relating to securities, but in relation to interest rates,...

This article presents the results of a detailed comparative empirical study of sanctions imposed for insider trading in Australia, Canada (Ontario), Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The comparative study is based on a dataset of a significant size, scope and...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) often describes enforcement as its number one priority – however, limited empirical work has been undertaken studying SEC enforcement. This article presents the results of an empirical study of sanctions imposed for insider trading and market...

This working paper presents the results of a detailed comparative empirical study of sanctions imposed for insider trading in Australia, Canada (Ontario), Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Insider trading is considered to be a serious form of...