Securities

A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealthWhat is it that transforms a simple object, an idea, or a promise to pay into an asset that creates wealth? Katharina Pistor explains how, behind closed doors in the offices of...

Dark Pools is the pacy, revealing, and profoundly chilling tale of how global markets have been hijacked by trading robots - many so self-directed that humans can't predict what they'll do next.It's the story of the blisteringly intelligent computer...

A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealthCapital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where it actually comes from. What is it, exactly, that transforms mere wealth into an asset that...

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis many regulatory reforms were made. One of these was more frequent revaluation of OTC derivatives risk exposure and related margining. Regulators now expect this to be addressed every business day. ...

This accessible work provides critical analysis and context to international capital markets, their regulation, and their institutions. It is written from a comparative and international perspective and analyses regulatory approaches in the US, UK, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543807684Author Alan R PalmiterFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Aspen PublishingPublisher Aspen PublishingWeight(grams) 1220gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

This is the long-awaited second edition of this widely-referenced work on the substantive law principles of investment treaty arbitration. It forms a detailed critical review of the substantive principles of international law applied by investment...

This new third edition offers readers a detailed guide to the most broadly used European and US repo master agreements all in one book. It is a comprehensive guide which also includes a summary of recent developments in the European and US repo markets...

Socially Responsible Investment Law shows how to improve the environmental behavior of corporate financiers, such as banks, pension plans, and mutual funds. Normally, we associate environmental harm with the front-line companies that extract, consume,...

Increasingly extraterritorial regulation of states, protectionist tendencies, and the EU's tightening of its foreign trade policy result in a growing legal fragmentation that stands in stark contrast to the reality of global financial markets. This...

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid...

Who are the agents of financial regulation? Is good (or bad) financial governance merely the work of legislators and regulators? Here Annelise Riles argues that financial governance is made not just through top-down laws and policies but also through the...

States' efforts to reform the international investment regime have triggered an arbitral backlash. In response to shortcomings of earlier investment agreements, states concluded a new generation of investment treaties that actively balances investment...

Interest in autonomous ships has grown exponentially over the past few years. Whereas a few years ago, the prospect of unmanned and autonomous vessels sailing on the seas was considered unrealistic, the debate now centers on when and in what format and...

This ground-breaking book offers a practitioner-oriented overview of professional standards in all aspects of policing. With a radical, scenario-based approach, featuring both the extraordinary and the seemingly mundane, it aims to capture some of the...

ESG Rating Agencies and Financial Regulation presents an essential and nuanced understanding of rating agencies through the utilisation of signalling theory. Daniel Cash provides fresh insight on the role of ESG rating agencies in the financial market...

Artificial Intelligence and Market Abuse Legislation presents a wide-reaching interdisciplinary examination of the impact of AI on the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).Assessing the principles and rules governing the MAR disclosure regime as well as the...

The paper compares the EU and US securities regulations, and specifically MiFID with the corresponding US regulations. It primarily focuses on the regulatory and supervisory framework, trading venues, and the provision of investment services. The paper...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600420955Author Tamar FrankelFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint Vandeplas PublishingPublisher Vandeplas PublishingWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789975153676Author Dragomir KrastevFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Generis PublishingPublisher Generis PublishingWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789988856755Author Dan OdeiFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Icon Publishing LtdPublisher Icon Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986271700Author Bettina EckerleFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint El PublishingPublisher El PublishingWeight(grams) 381g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781454894698Author James D CoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Aspen PublishersPublisher Aspen PublishersWeight(grams) 222g

The U.S. economy is dependent on the expeditious flow of millions of tons of cargo each day. Cargo containers are an important instrument of global trade but also can present security concerns. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), within the...

Attacks on federal facilities in the U.S. have highlighted the need to identify lessons learned from prior security incidents and apply that knowledge to security procedures government-wide. Dozens of federal law enforcement agencies provide physical...

Based on a conference held at the University of Vienna by the International Law Association Committee on the Law of Foreign Investment on Standards of Investment Protection, this book examines the growing interest in substantive treatment standards as a...

A well-integrated, national biosurveillance enterprise is a national security imperative. The United States' ability to detect quickly and characterise a potential incident of national significance that affects human, animal, or plant health is of...

With the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), many observers are making a fresh assessment of where America's homeland security enterprise stands today. The DHS is currently the third largest department in...

The recent financial crisis led to sweeping reforms that inspired countless references to the financial reforms of the New Deal. Comparable to the reforms of the New Deal in both scope and scale, the 2,300 - page Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 - the main...

Focusing primarily on the banking system in the United States, this book offers an innovative framework that integrates a depository bank's liquidity and its capital adequacy into a unified notion of funding that helps to explain how the 2007-2008 crisis...

This timely book provides a detailed analysis of the regulatory landscape of energy derivatives trading in the EU. Liebrich Hiemstra argues that current supervision of the sector is too opaque and identifies how more effective legal remedies can be...

Capital markets are a continuous stream of activity and innovation. Constantly evolving and inherently dynamic, they give rise to complex regulatory and policy issues and offer rich material for analysis. Additionally, globalization has incentivized...

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid...

This book examines the prospects for business law reform to drive economic development in developing countries. It argues that, despite statements to the contrary, cultural factors and other local conditions in developing countries are not properly taken...

This book explores the pressing topic of dark trading. Following new EU legislation regulating financial markets (MiFID II and MiFIR), it traces the development of off-market securities trading ("dark trading"), analyzes economic studies of...

This book explores how the globalization of securities markets has affected market manipulation and insider trading. It delves into the responses of securities regulators, discussing new regulations designed to deter such misconduct, as well as they ways...

The recent financial crisis led to sweeping reforms that inspired countless references to the financial reforms of the New Deal. Comparable to the reforms of the New Deal in both scope and scale, the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 the main regulatory...

Security rights are of fundamental importance to the granting of credit. They are generally considered to increase the availability and lower the cost of credit but there appear to be divergent views across Europe and elsewhere on the extent to which it...

This thought-provoking book challenges the way we think about the regulation of cryptoassets based on cryptographic consensus technology. Bringing a timely new perspective, Syren Johnstone critiques the application of a financial regulation narrative to...

This book gives systematic insight into the principles underlying EU capital market law which has developed from a narrowly defined matter for legal specialists to a core component of modern business law. It analyses key EU capital market legislation...