For the last few years, Ukraine and its financial sector have gradually sought to apply and comply with EU standards. Most recently, the signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement has given Ukraine's transition towards EU standards a formal basis. Ukraine, with EU support, is in the process of implementing EU regulations according to this Agreement. Against this background, the publication Ukrainian Banking Regulation: Its Challenges and Transition towards European Standards elaborates on this process by providing an in-depth background of the current Ukrainian banking regulation, its economics and the challenges of complying with the new EU standards.

Part I of this project overviewed the literature on the Basel Committee of Banking Supervision (BCBS) and provided a primer on the Committee's governance and functions. It also engaged with the current theories on legitimacy and discussed what legitimacy meant for the global governance of banking and how it could be assessed. This part investigates the BCBS's governance, operation, and policy outcomes to determine the extent to which it is and has been legitimate. The assessment is conducted based on three principles of reasoned decision making, transparency, and accountability. Maziar Peihani argues that the BCBS has gradually become a more legitimate institution but there still exists significant room for improvement. He highlights a number of areas for reform and sets out policy prescriptions to enhance the BCBS's legitimacy.

Offshore Bank Licensing - Where and How - Regulatory changes during the early years of this millennium left merely a few Offshore Tax Havens that still welcome applications for new International Bank Licenses. Many jurisdictions have stopped accepting new applications altogether while others have decided to issue licenses exclusively to overseas branches and subsidiaries of internationally established banking groups. This book contains a compilation of banking laws and regulations from seven offshore jurisdictions that welcome new private bank startups and offer reasonable qualification and capital requirements. Minimum capital requirements start as low as $25K for a restricted Class B Banking License and from $250K for an unrestricted international license. Information is included about license classes, physical presence requirements and application procedure along with contact information for the regulatory authorities in each jurisdiction.

The law of borrowings embraces many different areas of law: contract, company law, trusts, security, insolvency, tax, financial services and regulation. Corporate Borrowing: Law and Practice brings together all of these elements in a practical and concise single volume. It defines the most effective ways of raising debt finance - from bank loan agreements to MTN programmes - and examines the specific legal problems of security and prospectus requirements under the Prospectus Directive. It examines the issues relating to the various types of security, asset backed securities, guarantees, appointment of trustees, attracting lenders and the statutory provisions regarding invitational material, and the tax implications or borrowings by companies. The fifth edition includes: * Changes to prospectus regulation as a result of the EU Amending Directive (amending the Prospectus Directive) * New regime for registration of charges under Companies Act 2006, as 859A-Q * Changes to regulatory capital regime as a result of CRD IV and the Capital Requirements Regulation * Impact of US tax provisions under FATCA * New sections on commercial considerations of debt vs equity, differences between loan agreements and debt securities, and liability for misleading offering documents * Fully updated to reflect case-law, changes in legislation and changes in market practice and documentation since 2009