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Tearing Down Potemkin Structures: Westminster's Wrecking Ball

jobrien — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:33:14 +0000

The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards views the creation of a professional standards body with acute suspicion that could strip away regulatory power when it is most needed.

Safe Port in a Storm: The Legacy of the Boston Tea Party

ggilligan — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:51:20 +0000

As the G8 declaration makes clear, Issues of inclusion, exclusion, taxation, representation, regulation and legitimation are as intertwined and politically important today as they were in the 1770s.

Plugging the Gap: Singapore's Benchmark Consultation Paper Explained

jobrien — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:11:08 +0000

Singapore's clever regulatory engineering integrates the principles, purposes and ends of financial regulation in a manner that deserves international attention and emulation.

Whistleblowing as a Necessary Evil? The Case of Lagow, Manning and Snowden

ebyrne — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:04:12 +0000

The legitimacy of the decision to blow the whistle cannot be divorced from the interaction between political culture, self-interest and capacity to frame discourse.

The Ethics of Whistleblowing: PRISM Evaluated

ggilligan — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:47:33 +0000

It is problematic how facilitative national law and other regulatory mechanisms should be towards whistleblowing in a digital age when a single individual can have global impact.

Charting the Way Forward for Libor

jobrien — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:24:15 +0000

Singapore offers a route map to navigate rate manipulation scandal with an innovative enforcement action.

Asleep at the Wheel: Australian Banks Implicated

jobrien — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:06:47 +0000

Two Australian banks implicated in attempts to manipulate financial benchmarks raising embarrassing questions on adequacy of internal controls

One Man’s Meat as Another Man’s Poison?

mbowman — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:17:13 +0000

CFIUS review of the largest ever Chinese takeover of a US pork business is underway as the OECD/FAO releases its global agri-trade predictions for the next decade.

Tackling Institutional Corruption in Financial Markets

jobrien — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:05:46 +0000

A confluence of endogenous and exogenous factors makes the Libor scandal truly a perfect storm for banking industry that threatens chaos unless lessons of history are heeded.

Countering the Threat Within

jobrien — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 04:01:38 +0000

Has the United Kingdom's critical infrastructure been compromised by a cavalier approach to inward investment?