This study identifies and quantifies the contribution of the listed financial institutions to systemic risk in the UK. A financial network is constructed based on conditional Value at Risk (CoVar), to show the interdependence between the financial institutions' tail risk. The spillover effects...

As the UK and the EU prepare to start negotiations for Brexit, it is important for both sides to comprehend the full extent of the consequences of this process. In this paper, we employ an agent based simulation framework in order to test for the short-term and long-term effects of Brexit on...

Financial services constitute an important net export for the UK economy, for which the rest of the EU is the largest market. This paper considers the likely consequences of Brexit for this sector. A ‘soft' Brexit, whereby the UK leaves the EU but remains in the single market, would be a...

Despite the U.K. withdrawing from the European Union (so-called Brexit), the latter's financial law still retains a remarkable footprint of British legilsation. This book chapter explores the way whereby such influence came forward in the past, highlights that still is quite tangible to-day and...

The UK financial market has been severely affected by the recent financial crisis. The crisis has exposed weaknesses in the supervisory framework as well as that for crisis management and resolution. This paper reviews the supervisory and regulatory framework and the many reforms that have...

We analyze the reaction of stock returns and CDS spreads of banks from Europe and the United States to four major regulatory reforms in the aftermath of the subprime crisis, employing an event study analysis. In contrast to the public perception that nothing has happened, we find that financial...

With expanding U.S. business operations around the globe, the potential for significant exposure to international corruption increases along with the increased risks associated with anti-bribery laws. Companies who employ citizens of the United Kingdom, maintain an office in the United Kingdom,...