In recent years, investor-state tribunals have often permitted shareholders' claims for reflective loss despite the well-established principle of no reflective loss applied consistently in domestic regimes and in other fields of international law. Investment tribunals have justified their...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Overview -- Scope of the Report -- Forced Liquidation and Restructuring of Banks: Differences Between Bank Insolvency Law and General Insolvency Law -- I. General Policy Considerations -- 1. Special Treatment of Banks -- 2. Institutional Framework -- 3. Incidental...

The U.S. banking system differs from many countries both in the range of services supplied and the complexity of operations. Meanwhile, the U.S. financial markets have become the attraction of worldwide investors. This book explains the three key aspects of the industry: the laws governing the...

"Due to a historical lack of attention to the importance of modelling, measuring and managing risk, senior bank leaders are struggling to implement unified practices within their financial institutions that could address the gaps posed by risky management behaviour, rogue trading, liquidity...