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The past few years have seen a growing trend towards the focus on audit liability. In the UK, the Company Law Reform Bill which became the Companies Act 2006, has removed the previously existing limits on auditor liability and compelled an agreement between the company and the auditor. As well...
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regulation. It will approach these issues through an assessment of explanations put forward to justify the growing importance of … concluding section of this paper, reveal whether the systemic relevance of hedge funds and prime brokerage regulation need to be … reviewed. Questions also addressed during the consultation process, which include whether indirect prudential regulation is …
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This paper traces developments from the inception of the 1988 Basel Capital Accord to its present form (Basel II). In highlighting the flaws of the 1988 Accord, an evaluation is made of the Basel Committee’s efforts to address such weaknesses through Basel II. Whilst considerable progress has...
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between macro economic policy and the regulation of individual financial institutions. This however, on its own, is …
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During the recent Financial Crisis, as well as the 2010 and ongoing European Sovereign Debt Crisis, several governments had/have had to raise their debt levels in order to stabilize their economies. The principal problem attributed to sovereign debts, which is linked to their characteristics, is...
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progress is to be made in the effective regulation and supervision of the financial services sector. It also highlights …
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ways and means whereby group lending and other more recent innovative methods used by micro lenders to secure repayments …
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This paper traces developments from the inception of the 1988 Basel Capital Accord to its present form (Basel II). In highlighting the flaws of the 1988 Accord, an evaluation is made of the Basel Committee’s efforts to address such weaknesses through Basel II. Whilst considerable progress has...
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ways and means whereby group lending and other more recent innovative methods used by micro lenders to secure repayments …
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This paper not only recommends means whereby principal-agent problems could be addressed, but also considers various ways in which the external auditor and audit committees contribute as corporate governance tools. The impact of bank regulations on risk taking and the need for a consideration of...
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