This paper not only recommends means whereby principal-agent problems could be addressed, but also considers various ways in which the external auditor and audit committees contribute as corporate governance tools. The impact of bank regulations on risk taking and the need for a consideration of...

The use of unconventional monetary tools and particularly, the resort by central banks to asset purchase programs instigated as a means of addressing prolonged periods of low inflation has not only generated new and innovative approaches to monetary policy channels aimed at facilitating the...

Uncertainty has been a prominent feature and characteristic recently. Not just in relation to Brexit, ongoing trade wars, and namely global financial markets and volatilities triggered owing to unpredictabilities, but also in matters relating to monetary and unconventional policies. Price...

Challenges presented as a result of emerging technologies and the developments revolving around the financial environment, as well as the need to design tools and techniques which can accommodate and realize potential and intended benefits of Distributed Ledger Technologies, are considered in...

In its recent March report, two particularly note worthy observations are made in relation to the OECD's projections and predictions about possible outcomes of the recent COVID-19 outbreak (See Le Figaro, 2020):“The OECD put forward two main possible scenarios: The first, the basic one, which...

The financial markets have regained grounds following losses in recent weeks. However the current global outlook remains largely uncertain. The decision of the Federal Reserve to announce its emergency rate cut on the 3rd March 2020, the first since the Financial Crisis, sent shock waves amongst...

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...

As well as highlighting why Unconventional Monetary Policy Tools have become so important, this presentation aims to highlight wide ranging implications from monetary and stability goals, to environmental implications. With a focus on the "Report of the Working Group and Committee on the Global...

“Perhaps the events which occur in a nation that has become accustomed to the fact that the public sphere is the favorable scenario for the satisfaction of private and sectarian interests, no longer bear the potential or capacity to surprise. However, the news that is broadcast daily by the...