This article focuses upon the proposed ‘Financial CHOICE Act' that is currently ascending through the various stages of the American legislative process, particularly in relation to the potential effect upon the regulation of credit rating agencies. The Bill, which recently passed through the...

In response to the decision by British voters to leave the European Union in the recent referendum, this article discusses what may lie ahead for the regulation of the credit rating industry in the U.K. With the withdrawal from the Union meaning that the U.K. must now establish its own distinct...

Relatively speaking, the so-called sustainability rating industry has been witnessing rapid growth since the Financial Crisis. More recently, the industry is continually reorganising through a series of mergers and acquisitions. However, recent research has slowly turned away from what the...

'Three major financial crises : what have we learned?' / Ross P. Buckley, Emilios Avgouleas, and Douglas W. Arner -- 'The impact of the global financial crisis upon the UK's regulatory architecture' / Harry McVea -- 'Financial crisis management under the Twin Peaks Model of financial regulation...