Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the corporate governance standards of Cyprus, Russia … governance standards in Cyprus match 92 per cent of the UK standards, Russian standards match 75 per cent, and Kazakhstan ones 63 … per cent. The greatest contrast to the UK standards were for Cyprus in the area of disclosure and transparency category …

Why did shareholder liability disappear? We address this question by looking at its use by British insurance companies … from 1830 until its complete disappearance by 1975. We explore three explanations for its demise: (1) regulation and …) shareholders saw an opportunity to expunge something they disliked when insurance companies grew in size. Using hand …

Consumer Credit Act. The paper argues for the regulation of retail banking and financial service provision as a utility … pharmaceutical industry. Originality/value – The global banking crisis led to calls for banks to maintain lending to small- and …, retail banks are utilities and should be regulated as such. …