The Financial Crisis has not only highlighted the importance of addressing issues such as liquidity risk – it has also brought to the fore the need to focus on unregulated instruments such as hedge funds, which are of systemic importance to the financial industry. Risk is an area which, owing...

The primary argument of this paper is, namely, that the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), is in need of an enforcement mechanism. In drawing attention to this argument, the paper not only proposes considerations which are to be taken into account if such a mechanism is to be...

Amongst other goals, this paper aims to address complexities and challenges faced by regulators in identifying and assessing risk, problems arising from different perceptions of risk, and solutions aimed at countering problems of risk regulation. It will approach these issues through an...

The need for continuous monitoring and regulation is particularly attributed to, and justified by, the inevitable presence of risks and uncertainty – both in terms of certain externalities and indeterminacies which are capable of being reasonably quantified and those which are not.Amongst...

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The English version of this article can be found here: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2263760" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2263760La version française de cet article peut être consultée à: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2264238" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2264238La versione italiana di questo documento è...

The English version of this article can be found here: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2263760" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2263760La version française de cet article peut être consultée à: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2264238" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2264238Die deutsche Version dieses Artikels finden...

Why are some global financial crises more difficult to recover from and overcome than others? What steps are necessary in ensuring that financial stability and recovery is facilitated? What kind of environment has the previous financial environment evolved to and what kind of financial products...

Desde o princípio da crise econômica mundial, em 2007, o FMI tem atuado em diversas frentes para mobilizar apoio a seus 188 países membros. O Fundo ampliou a oferta e concessão de crédito, valeu-se de sua experiência internacional para sugerir soluções e empreendeu reformas que o...

Depuis l'éclatement de la crise économique mondiale en 2007, le FMI s'est mobilisé sur plusieurs fronts pour venir en aide à ses 188 pays membres : il a augmenté et déployé sa capacité de prêt, mis à profit son expérience internationale pour proposer des solutions aux autorités...