Many microstates have an economic model that attracts global incorporations and/or finance, as plugging into the global economy is important for microstates that have small domestic economies. However, microstates often offer low business and corporation taxes or lax regulatory regimes to...

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 severely impacted the corporate and in turn, the financial sectors of the UK, entailing responses from financial regulators to implement unprecedented regulatory suspensions that affect both the financial sector and the real economy. We argue that regulatory...

Access to financial advice has been a matter of concern for financial regulators and policy-makers. In this age of financialisation, individuals have greater responsibility to seek private sector financial products and services in order to meet their financial needs in life. However,...

In December 2018, a Corporate Governance Code aimed at large private companies was unveiled, the culmination of an industry-led effort in producing a set of best practices in large private companies. These standards would also facilitate compliance with the mandatory obligation for large...

The integrity of price-related financial benchmarks such as the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the foreign exchange London WM Reuters 4pm ‘fix' has suffered in the wake of revelations of manipulative activity carried out by individuals in financial institutions. A regulatory regime...