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Implementing Basel II: an investigation of the UAE banks' Basel II preparations

Hassan Al‐Tamimi, Hussein A. - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 16 (2008) 2, pp. 173-187

Purpose – This study aims at exploring the UAE banks' Basel II preparations. It is essential for the UAE banks to make adequate preparations to ensure their compliance with international standards and practices in the field of banking. Design/methodology/approach – The author developed a...

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Compliance risk in Italian banks: the results of a survey

Birindelli, Giuliana; Ferretti, Paola - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 16 (2008) 4, pp. 335-351

risk assessment implications. Findings – It is found that many survey participants are responding positively to regulation …

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The impact of corporate fairness on the bank‐SME relationship

Vegholm, Fatima; Silver, Lars - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 16 (2008) 4, pp. 352-364

Purpose – The United Kingdom Financial Services Authority's treating customers fairly initiative has drawn attention to a current trend that involves regulators using regulatory principles to enhance the relationship between financial institutions and customers. The term corporate fairness is...

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Waste makes haste: Sarbanes‐Oxley, competitiveness and the subprime crisis

Nordberg, Donald - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 16 (2008) 4, pp. 365-383

Purpose – The passage of the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act of 2002 followed hard on the collapses of Enron and WorldCom. Waste makes haste. Official reports for US government agencies worried that the legislation may have impaired New York's competitiveness as a venue for international capital...

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Efficiency of authoritative disclosure recommendations

Miihkinen, Antti - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 16 (2008) 4, pp. 384-413

regulation. Originality/value – This paper is the first to explore the efficiency of authoritative disclosure recommendations in …

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Competition issues in European banking

Casu, Barbara; Girardone, Claudia - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 17 (2009) 2, pp. 119-133

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the outcome of European Union (EU) deregulation and competition policies on the competitive conditions of the main EU banking markets. Design/methodology/approach – After a review of deregulation and competitition policies in the EU banking...

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Measuring and regulating extreme risk

Nielsson, Ulf - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 17 (2009) 2, pp. 156-171

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss two important extensions to the well‐known value‐at‐risk (VaR) methodology, namely extreme value theory (EVT) and expected shortfall (ES). Both of these extensions address the weaknesses of VaR, in particular the methodology's tendency to...

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A new standard for deposit insurance and government guarantees after the crisis

Campbell, Andrew; Raymond LaBrosse, John; Mayes, David G.; … - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 17 (2009) 3, pp. 210-239

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the arrangements that have been used in the present crisis and their relative success and to look to the post‐crisis situation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines and explains the crisis and the roles of deposit insurance and...

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Retail depositors, conduct of business and sanctioning

Cartwright, Peter - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 17 (2009) 3, pp. 302-317

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider whether a move from self‐regulation in the form of the Banking Code … to statutory regulation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of retail banking conduct of business is to be … FSA. Findings – The paper concludes that, while a move to statutory regulation is to be supported, there is concern about …

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Azerbaijan: deposit insurance system

Isazade, Afkan R. - In: Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 17 (2009) 3, pp. 318-335

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate a deposit insurance program for household deposits, which is designed to act as safety net in order to minimize or eliminate the risk of loss of depositors' funds with banks represents a primary element of this reform....

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