Changes at the top in Chinese Banking
By Violaine Cousin
At the end of October 2011, the heads of the three financial sector regulators were rotated. It is time to ask what...
Can Cryptocurrencies Challenge the Dollar’s Global Dominance?
By James A. Fok
The rapid growth of cryptocurrencies in recent years has been viewed by many as a speculative bubble. However, it also reflects...
Navigating GMP Compliance in Japan’s Pharma Sector
Compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) represents a vital concern for any player in the global pharmaceutical industry. Its value becomes particularly noticeable when...
The Impact of Hedge Fund Regulation: An International Perspective
By Douglas Cumming, Na Dai & Sofia Johan
The success of a hedge fund relies on more than just internal structure and governance. The jurisdiction...
The ICBC Path to Chinese Governance: Lessons for the Western and Emerging Markets
By Didier Cossin & Abraham Lu
Since its dual IPOs in 2007, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), one of the largest...
Why Ethics is often Grey and not White: Business Ethics Challenges in a Global...
By David De Cremer
Numerous international scandals have created a sense that the moral fiber of our companies is poor. Below, David De Cremer considers...
Luxury Taxation, Good for Economic Development?
By Patrick Imam
Developing countries are struggling to mobilise resources to finance social and infrastructural development. The author argues that one avenue is to tax...
Where Have All the American Banks Gone?
By Robert E. Wright and Richard Sylla
With the evolution of banking over the years, many banks have flourished and declined in America. It has...
Rejuvenating the European Economy: The Role of Islamic Finance
By Sohail Jaffer
Commenting on the sharp decline in European banks’ share prices in the early weeks of 2016, which it described as a “concern”,...
Distribution oversight – Challenges of global distribution
By Pino-Sun Becker LL.M
Similar to “Know your customer” (KYC) principles, “Know you distributor” (KYD) has paved its way into global markets with the aim...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The World Bank and Neoliberalism: Continuity and Discontinuity in the Making of an Agenda
By Howard Stein
Since the latter part of the 1990s the World Bank has increasingly claimed its main focus is on poverty reduction and development. Among other things, the Bank introduced poverty focused loans, a...
