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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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