This paper addresses convergence of financial products in the U.S. marketplace and the question of how better to regulate an industry offering financial products with overlapping features. This paper examines the various distinct regulatory functions and analyzes whether a more purely functional...

1. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: the Role of Financial Studies -- 2. Risk and Pricing on the Italian Minibond Market -- 3. Exploring Factors Influencing the Success of Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns: Findings from Italy -- 4. From seeker side to investor side: gender dynamics in UK equity...

1. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: the Role of Financial Studies -- 2. Risk and Pricing on the Italian Minibond Market -- 3. Exploring Factors Influencing the Success of Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns: Findings from Italy -- 4. From seeker side to investor side: gender dynamics in UK equity...

The financial crisis that began in 2007 triggered a break with banking practices of the past. Even as the crisis occurred, a broader set of economic, geopolitical, and technological forces were already reshaping the financial industry's transition from the twentieth to the twenty-first century....