The democratisation of finance isn’t going quite to plan.
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Australia is reportedly blocking a deal to limit coal power finance in developing countries.
Financial journalism standards have been declining, and with each new financial downturn the public has been ill served.
Convicting individuals of wrongdoing is important but only a culture change in the financial sector will stop future crimes.
For all its muscle, the Chinese government could make the problem worse by intervening in the stock market.
GE’s push into finance nearly crippled the company, just as the broader US shift in that direction almost collapsed the global economy.
US regulators chose to reveal detailed information to the public about the state of the banks. They were able to be so transparent, without triggering a run, because of a strong fiscal backstop.
The more than 80-year-old credit agency is set to expire at the end of the month if Congress does not act to keep the profitable bank alive.
A Deal or No Deal-inspired experiment shows people act with excessive caution when they’re in the limelight.
The FDIC – and taxpayers – lost US$90 billion selling almost 500 failed banks. Where did all those banks go?
The culture of foreign exchange market has changed significantly, but problems persist with the market that make it susceptible to further transgressions.
Looking back at how the US financial industry grew to dominate the economy rather than merely serve it will help us avoid another crisis.
Scandals at some of our biggest companies have highlighted a painful truth. The voluntaristic governance system put in place by City elites simply doesn’t work.
Financial assets compliant with sharia are growing at a much faster pace than the conventional kind, yet North American banks are still stuck on the sidelines.
If we keep saying high finance is operating in a morality vacuum, we will miss the chance to understand and fix its problems.
With the Bank of England mooting the idea it might get involved with digital currencies, you might think it was good news for Bitcoin.
The revelation on the BBC and in the Guardian that British bank, HSBC, the second biggest in the world has allegedly helped UK residents sidestep taxes through a Swiss subsidiary should really come as…
Peer-to-peer lending, the online platforms which allow you and I to lend directly to people and businesses who want to borrow, has been hailed as disruptive technology. Cheered by savers who have been…
In 2009, US trucking company YRC Worldwide faced ruin as it struggled to restructure its debt. With tens of thousands of jobs at stake, the Teamsters union, led by James Hoffa, accused some YRC bondholders…
There is something in the culture of banking that lends itself toward making otherwise fairly good people do bad things. That’s the finding of a new study published in the journal, Nature. And it may simply…
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Professeur au département Gestion, Droit et Finance, GEM
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Professor, Accounting and Finance, City St George's, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Westminster
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Professor of Finance, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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