Funmilayo Fenwa
- Oct 18, 2021
General Best Practices: Another Box-Ticking Exercise or Improved Corporate Governance?
Interestingly, there is no single accepted definition of the term “corporate governance.” Broadly speaking, it refers to the system by...
Vincent Maire
- Mar 19, 2021
Shareholder Activism: Don’t Shoot the Messenger
2020 has been of a singular vintage for shareholder activism. While publicly reported activism has dropped in the U.S. by 13% in the...
Emeka Nduka-Eze
- Nov 23, 2020
Life After LIBOR
“Libor is like the ivy that has grown through the house- ripping it out could crash the financial system. Removing it requires...
Himani Singh
- Jan 17, 2020
Evolution of Leveraged Buyouts: A New Era or Back to Square One?
A leveraged buyout (LBO) is a method of acquiring a company where the deal is financed by a combination of equity and debt and the debt...
Bozidar Bogosavljev
- Mar 20, 2019
Credit Default Swaps: Legal Gambling or Clear Market Manipulation?
Credit default swaps (CDSs), despite being relatively simple-to-understand financial instruments by definition, have become a contentious...
Rizky Raditya Lumempouw
- Dec 17, 2018
Cross-Default Provisions: Borrower Beware
Bonds, loans, notes, and promissory notes are the debt instruments predominantly traded in financial markets. No one denies that debt has...
Giovanni Patti
- Mar 19, 2018
The T+2 Settlement Rule as a Systemic Financial Risk Management Tool
Credit, market, and liquidity risks are forms of financial risks that market participants can typically manage through their trading...
Giovanni Patti
- Nov 13, 2017
The SEC Consolidated Audit Trial
The use of technology has changed the structure of the equity market and the way investors implement their trading strategies. Several...
Danielle Kfir
- Oct 30, 2017
The Evolution of the Corporate Unicorn
Etymology and Definition Aileen Lee, a venture capitalist, is the person who named the extremely rare and unique startups valued at over...
Marco Dell'Erba
- Oct 16, 2017
Regulating Initial Coin Offerings: The Approach of International Market Authorities
In the last few years, blockchain emerged as a disruptive technology. Blockchain is a distributed database, capable of holding a secure...