The Modern Economy and more precisely, the Digital Economy, has profoundly shaped the financial landscape in recent years. With the rapid expansion and success of E Commerce, as characterized by Amazon, whose founder recently became the first global trillionaire, as well as overtaking Microsoft,...

Even though it is evident that international and global cooperation will be required to overcome this ongoing pandemic, to what extent will such cooperation feature and be relied upon in future negotiations? Trust and confidence in certain relationships and partnerships may, it could be argued,...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how intricately linked the global community has become with the advent of globalization, rapid growth of Information Technology and the Internet Revolution. Since many global economies have become interdependent on each other – as further reflected by...

The exact dates of the first COVID-19 outbreaks may remain an unresolved mystery. Unless reliable sources and records can be traced and retained, efforts to trace when initial infections took place, may even constitute a greater task than the other question relating to how it was instigated –...

NGOs are recognized as pillars for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the understanding that the State and its institutions cannot achieve the objectives of the 2030 Agenda by themselves. This situation is reflected in the very design of the 2030 Agenda, since, this...

With the March 2019 deadline looming very close, the EU Referendum has had far reaching implications, so far, on the UK economy - even though such repercussions are considered to be short term. Will the UK adopt a Canadian model, a Norwegian model, Singaporean or another type of model in the...

This paper explores the progress made by the Financial Stability Board thus far in respect of regulating Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) – as well as regulating the shadow banking industry. In this sense its consolidatory – as well as supportive function to the Basel Committee on...

According to the Basel Committee's “Revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements”,•The provision of meaningful information about common key risk metrics to market participants is a fundamental tenet of a sound banking system. It reduces information asymmetry and helps promote comparability of...

As the United States looks set to order an imposition of tariffs on aluminum (10%) and steel (25%) imports during the first week of March 2018, the announcement does not only appear to be unsettling financial markets, but also triggering further questions relating to whether the announcement...

How do we address challenges presented by unequal distribution of the benefits of globalization? Such that the imposition of unduly high tariffs – as well as anti-dumping measures, do not offset positive gains to be derived from trade liberalization and globalization.This article also aims to...