This book sets out precisely the supervisory response at both the national and European level. All sectors have been impacted by COVID-19 and the ensuing Corona Crisis, not least the banking sector. Pivoting to crisis management, banking supervision has had to change very quickly. It also looks to the future, setting out those challenges that will remain and emerge as the crisis continues.

Winner of the 2016-2018 KG Idman Prize. This monograph seeks the optimal way to promote compatibility between systems of proprietary security rights in Europe, focusing on security rights over tangible movables and receivables. Based on comparative research, it proposes how best to tackle cross-border problems impeding trade and finance, notably uncertainty of enforceability and unexpected loss of security rights. It offers an extensive analysis of the academic literature of more recent years that has appeared in English, German, the Scandinavian languages and Finnish. The author organises the concrete means of promoting compatibility into a centralised substantive approach, a centralised conflicts-approach, a local conflicts-approach and a local substantive approach. The centralised approaches develop EU law, and the local approaches Member State laws. The substantive approaches unify or harmonise substantive law, while the conflicts approaches rely on private international law. The author proposes determining the optimal way to promote compatibility by objective-based division of labour between the four approaches. The objectives developed for that purpose are derived from the economic functions of security rights, the conditions for legal evolution and a transnational conception of justice. This book is an important contribution to the future of secured transactions law in Europe and more widely. It will be of interest to academics, policymakers and legal practitioners involved in this field.

This topical and accessible work analyses the deposit protection and bank resolution regimes in the EU and UK. The book examines key amendments to the regulatory framework post crisis, such as the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, and the impact of these changes on banks, legal practitioners and regulators. The book provides an assessment of current deposit protection schemes and insurance in the context of financial stability, and highlights the UK regime's limitations in relation to the US and EU systems, and possible areas for reform. All issues relating to deposit protection schemes are covered, providing a comprehensive analysis and comparison between the UK, EU and US regimes. Most importantly, a novel approach is followed, which addresses the much discussed objective of financial stability from a different perspective: by enhancing and focusing on depositor protection.

The most comprehensive single-volume practitioner reference work on financial regulation, Financial Services Law has been thoroughly revised and updated to take account of the major developments in a rapidly developing regulatory landscape. The updated text analyses all of the substantial institutional and structural changes brought, or to be brought, into effect under the additional new key statutes adopted in the financial area including specifically the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 and the Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016. The major new regulatory initiatives are covered in detail, including the Senior Managers Regime (SMR) and Certification Regime (CR).There is also coverage of new individual statutory offences, bank ring-fencing, depositor preference, bail-in stabilization and crisis management, resolution planning, payment system reform, and further Bank of England governance and PRA reform. Since the last edition there have been many developments at European level and the fourth edition takes full account of these including the Capital Requirements Directive IV, Solvency II, and MiFID II. At domestic level the division of the FSA Handbook of Rules into the PRA Rulebook and the FCA Handbook has been covered in two new chapters. There are also new chapters on 'Individual Accountability and Liability' following commencement of the Senior Managers and Certification Regimes, and on 'Consumer Credit' following the transfer of regulatory responsibility for this to the FCA. Additionally, the material on enforcement has been significantly developed in this new edition. Financial Services Law is the leading work on financial regulation for practitioners and scholars requiring a holistic treatment of the regime in the EU and UK.

This book examines the case of nominal income targeting as a monetary policy rule. In recent years the most well-known nominal income targeting rule has been NGDP (level) Targeting, associated with a group of economists referred to as market monetarists (Scott Sumner, David Beckworth, and Lars Christensen among others). Nominal income targeting, though not new in monetary theory, was relegated in economic theory following the Keynesian revolution, up until the financial crisis of 2008, when it began to receive renewed attention. This book fills a gap in the literature available to researchers, academics, and policy makers on the benefits of nominal income targeting against alternative monetary rules. It starts with the theoretical foundations of monetary equilibrium. With this foundation laid, it then deals with nominal income targeting as a monetary policy rule. What are the differences between NGDP Targeting and Hayek's rule? How do these rules stand up against other monetary rules like inflation targeting, the Taylor rule, or Friedman's k-percent? Nominal income targeting is a rule which is better equipped to avoid monetary disequilibrium when there is no inflation. Therefore, a book that explores the theoretical foundation of nominal income targeting, comparing it with other monetary rules, using the 2008 crisis to assess it and laying out monetary policy reforms towards a nominal income targeting rule will be timely and of interest to both academics and policy makers.

The global financial and economic crisis which started in 2008 has had devastating effects around the globe. It has caused a rethinking in different areas of law, and posed new challenges to regulators and private actors alike. One of the emerging issues is the apparent eclipse of boundaries between different legal disciplines: financial and corporate lawyers have to learn how public law instruments can complement their traditional governance tools; conversely, public lawyers have had to come to understand the specificities of the financial markets they intend to regulate. While commentary on financial regulation and the global financial crisis abounds, it tends to remain within disciplinary boundaries. This volume not only brings together scholarship from different areas of law (constitutional and administrative law, EU law, financial law and regulation), but also from a variety of backgrounds (academia, practice, policy-making) and a number of different jurisdictions.The volume illustrates how interdisciplinary scholarship belongs at the centre of any discussion of the economic crisis, and indeed regulation theory more generally. This is a timely exploration of cutting-edge issues of financial regulation. '...a very welcome addition to the limited European legal literature on the global financial crisis...it constitutes an important contribution in the field and it is certainly to be applauded for paving the way for further cross-disciplinary discussion amongst lawyers'. Mihalis Dekastros, European Journal of Legal Studies, 2014, Vol 7 '...Ringe and Huber's book provides important, if not indispensable elements for a coherent theory and doctrine of the law within the financial crisis'. Matthias Ruffert, Common Market Law, 2015, Vol 52 (1) '[T]his book is interesting for anyone working in a dynamic area of law. Academics will want to go through it in its entirety...' Dimitrios Kyriazis, Law Quarterly Review, 2015, Vol 131

This book looks at the historical use of allegations of unconscionable conduct within the context of independent trade finance instruments, such as letters of credit and demand guarantees. It makes a detailed survey of the law of unconscionable conduct, the complexities of the doctrine of independence, and the circumstances where the former prevails to provide relief from abuse.It also completes a wide-ranging, sequential audit of the relevant case law in both Singapore and Australia where unconscionable conduct was alleged in independent instrument matters. The audit examines every case along the lines of precedent and details the contribution each makes to the law.Focussing on the jurisdictions of Singapore, Australia, and Malaysia, the book lays out the case for the broad adoption of unconscionable conduct in this domain. With its premises founded in precedent and statute, it describes the elements of independent instrument unconscionability as already laid down in law and links it to international banking practice.

This book deals with topics that bankers must know and lawyers should know. As a comprehensive guide to the laws and regulations on banking services in Hong Kong, the book examines various interesting issues relating to The Bills of Exchange Ordinance, The Conveyancing and Property Ordinance, The Powers of Attorney Ordinance, and The Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. Many examples and common law cases are cited to illustrate the banking law and practice in Hong Kong on banking operations, securities, negotiable instruments, bank-customer relationship, bankruptcy, and corporate insolvency.

For banks, insurance companies and securities firms preparing to capitalize on the rapidly accelerating trend towards financial services convergence, the possibilities are virtually endless. Unfortunately, so is the list of Federal laws and regulations with which they will have to contend on their way to entering and succeeding in a new sector. How can you help your company or client effectively navigate the regulatory maze and clear the hurdles inherent to cross-sector mergers, acquisitions and new product or service introductions? Aspen Publishers' new "Banking and Financial Services: Banking, Securities and Insurance Regulatory Guide" will help you comply with all the requirements. This book provides sweeping coverage of essential financial services regulation. Up-to-date with the latest wave of agency rulings and releases, the Guide cuts through much of the confusion associated with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and spotlights the points where key banking, insurance and securities regulations intersect. You'll be fully briefed not only on regulatory content but, more importantly, on how the regulations interact with each other and how this interaction may bolster or hinder specific business strategies. It offers expert insight and analysis to help you proceed with confidence. The Guide helps you develop and implement a convergence strategy that fully reflects the current regulatory and supervisory landscape. Author, Melanie Fein provides clear, practical commentary to help you evaluate the options and ultimately decide which financial service markets, products and partners are most viable for your company or your clients. It presents vital "red flags" pinpointing regulatory obstacles and pitfalls. As key agencies - including the SEC, the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board and the Comptroller of the Currency - increase their focus on supervision and enforcement, it is essential that your company or clients steer clear of common but potentially serious regulatory pitfalls. Turn to the Guide to quickly discover which activities are off limits to which entities, what little-known regulations can lead to big problems, and more.