In an increasingly impacted environment influenced by emerging technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence, such technologies will also impact the use and control of medical devices. Regulation of such medical devices can adopt regulatory techniques which apply in the field of...

Consolidating on the Symposium “The Promise and Perils of Convergence in Financial Regulation and Consumer Protection”…………………., this volume focuses exclusively on the structure of financial regulation – as well as the system of financial supervision – in incorporating the...

In addition to designated primary functions, pursuant to Title X Dodd Frank Act sec. 1021 (c), this title being cited as the "Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010," other functions of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau incorporate rule-making authorities, monitoring, enforcement...

As recent global stock market crashes have brought to light – particularly massive sell outs which were instigated in response to panics about the actual state of economic growth of strategic investment partners and emerging economies, nothing moves consumers and investors more than...

Certain developments which have prompted recent regulatory concerns – consequently resulting in the Basel Committee's decision to introduce risk based drivers, include amongst others, concerns that the standardized approaches to credit and counterparty risk relied too heavily on external...

This paper not only addresses how linkages, direct and facilitating linkages, can benefit microfinance institutions – particularly in jurisdictions where the Savings Group Outreach involvement is particularly low – but also illustrates ways and means whereby group lending and other more...

In what ways can changes to the structure of regulation (as well as other regulatory reforms) mitigate the effects of policies which trigger financial instability? More specifically policies, information asymmetries or externalities which could give rise to bank contagion, systemic/liquidity...

Based on the argument that the benefits conferred through the provision of non audit services by audit firms outweigh the attributed costs of safeguarding the auditor's independence, this paper will not only seek to justify this argument, advance proposals which do not favour an outright...

Why is global regulatory convergence of such vital importance given the prevailing global economic and financial environment? Such importance is not only evidenced by the current information uncertainty hovering over the global financial markets, but also the need for enhanced transparency and...