The financial crisis has stopped the process of globalization, producing an opposite effect in various banking systems.The new trend is toward a reduction in cross-border activities of banks and an increased focus on domestic markets.

After the crisis, everyone is keenly aware of the importance of liquidity to the proper functioning of financial markets and the banking sector. However, the differences existing in regulation and supervision practices require a more detailed international regulatory framework to promote better...

Banks should adopt a new banking model to keep and adapt their essential role. The new business model will be more flexible, manageable and focused on the core activities of the banking profession, and characterized by different sizes, lesser resources involved and by the reduction of...

Shares prices trends are often not readable and the correlation between prices, environmental variables and corporate information to the market may be unclear, as shown by a case study in the Italian Stock Exchange

The relevant development of Islamic finance is undisputable, but an evaluation is still uncertain because it is a recent experience that may involve moral, economic and financial characteristics. Furthermore, adherence to ethical principles borrowed from Islamic law must often face the...