Posts By Peter Guy, Regulation Asia
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615EnforcementAnd Justice For All Banks
Directly fining banks for the misdeeds of former executives has proven to be unproductive. Yet, determining personal liability for individual bank officers continues to be an elusive and difficult task.
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680ChinaChina P2P Lending Sector Survival Relies on Better Regulation
P2P platform failures due to liquidity shortfalls have crippled a key source of retail credit for consumers and small businesses. The future of P2P lending in China. Regulators need to play a more dominant role in this growing and unruly...
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671Capital RegulationMisguided Derivatives Regulation Distorts Markets
Basel’s new capital rules have impacted global derivatives markets by purging participants and liquidity. Whether or not this was the intended outcome, it will create onerous costs for entire markets and consumers.
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560ChinaThe Hong Kong-China Stock (Dis)Connect
The battle for large cap tech listings between HKEX and mainland exchanges ignited over Xiaomi this week, indicating that China’s strategic goal might be to prevent home-grown, multi-billion dollar “unicorn” companies from seeking listings on any overseas markets – including...
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544EuropeBrexit Shifts Regulatory Powers to Continental Europe
The UK government’s Brexit white paper reveals disappointing support for London’s global role in financial regulations. London could be disintermediated as a financial centre.
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389EuropeShift from London Financial Centre Gains Pace
With nine months to go before Britain’s scheduled exit from the EU, the effects of Brexit are largely unknown and will take years to resolve. Yet, banks and asset managers have already begun planning for the relocation of staff and...
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527ChinaThe Risky Business of Hiring Chinese Investment Bankers
The real cost of doing business in China was suddenly revealed with Credit Suisse’s settlements totalling $77 million with the SEC and DOJ over its alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by employing Chinese princelings and princesses.
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512Capital RegulationWhat Happens When We Face the Next Banking Crisis?
A recent IMFBlog post suggests policymakers and regulators are still unprepared to confront the stark moral and economic dilemmas in handling bank failures.
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704InternationalSWIFT and the Death of Global Financial Regulations
Intense geopolitical rivalries and new technologies threaten a new Cold War by enabling weaponisation of the international payment system and disruption of the international financial order.
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474Capital RegulationDeutsche Bank Pressures Tied to Regulatory Woes
It’s impossible to separate Deutsche Bank’s ongoing regulatory compliance shortcomings from its business exigencies. The recent and unusual censure from the Federal Reserve highlights the bank’s inexorable pressures.
