The globalisation of financial markets has attracted much academic and policymaking commentary in recent years, especially with the growing number of banking and financial crises and the current credit crisis that has threatened the stability of the global financial system. This major Research...

In the context of securities clearing and settlement systems, the nature of governance arrangements acquires a dimension that goes beyond their traditional function in corporate law. They constitute a tool for regulators and central banks to achieve their respective policy goals relating to...

This paper is analysing the current national and international regulatory regimes relevant for European banks, CSDs and ICSDs, and is comparing them with the requirements in order to answer the following questions - Is there any overlap between the provisions of the CPSS-IOSCO Recommendations...

This paper is analysing the current national and international regulatory regimes relevant for European banks, CSDs and ICSDs, and is comparing them with the requirements in order to answer the following questions - Is there any overlap between the provisions of the CPSS-IOSCO Recommendations...

In the context of securities clearing and settlement systems, the nature of governance arrangements acquires a dimension that goes beyond their traditional function in corporate law. They constitute a tool for regulators and central banks to achieve their respective policy goals relating to...

This paper examines the intersections of fundamental rights and European banking supervision. It contributes to a more nuanced and refined understanding of the importance of European Union (EU) fundamental rights for supervised banks in the absence of an EU-wide administrative code. Since 2014...

Among the largest economies of the world, the EU not only has set the most ambitious and legally binding objectives for the reduction of the GHG emissions but also it has accompanied these objectives with a “state of the art” regulatory framework in the realms of investor protection and...

Demosthenes (382-322 BC) wrote numerous legal speeches, which provide a plethora of cues about public and private law in Athens during the 4th century BC. In his speech “Paragraphe pros Pantaineton”, Demosthenes described a complex financial transaction composed of a sale, a lease, and a...