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This article represents one of the pioneering efforts in the Chinese literature to systematically examine the role of gatekeepers in corporate governance. It seeks to explain how gatekeepers may function and malfunction, in light of the Enron scandal and the financial crisis of 2008, and draw...

This paper presents the results of a comprehensive empirical study on China's derivative suits as introduced in the 2005 Company Law reform that provides insight into the way Chinese courts have interpreted and applied this remedy. It is found that the statutory regime appears to have had a...

China has recently carried out significant reforms on its securities market and law, strengthening the self-regulatory role of its two stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen. As a reputational sanction, public criticism by the stock exchange is considered one of the most severe self-regulatory...

Modern professional financial organizations have been inevitably subject to conflict of interest problems. The emergence of the Chinese Wall has been an innovation which has provided a convenient, if not an always successful, solution to these problems. Chinese Walls are designed to attain a...

The Australian market manipulation law has been amended with a view to improving its efficacy. Amongst the major amendments is the removal of the term quot;intentquot; from the wording of the relevant provisions. This article argues that despite the change, the intent element is still to be...

The aim of this article is to examine the financial regulatory regimes in common law jurisdictions and based upon the results of such examination, set out reform proposals for China. The reforms undertaken in common law countries, including the US, the UK and Australia, are discussed and sorted...