Index

Governance and Regulations’ Contemporary Issues

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ISSN: 1569-3759

Publication date: 9 July 2018

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(2018), "Index", Grima, S. and Marano, P. (Ed.) Governance and Regulations’ Contemporary Issues (Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis, Vol. 99), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 315-329. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-375920180000099015

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INDEX

Act XXI (1959)
, 67

Aditya Birla group
, 100

Advice

European Union (EU), advice regulation (developments)
, 36–38

Europe, financial advice (regulation/governance)
, 33

gap, creation
, 43

market, technology (impact)
, 46–47

online advice, cost
, 47

payment
, 41–44

regulated financial advice, definition
, 38–40

role
, 35–36

suitability
, 44–46

Against the Gods (Berstein)
, 280

Agencification phenomenon
, 242

Agency problems, cash accumulation
, 95

Aid to Industries (Act XXI)
, 67

Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs)
, 230, 232

American National Election Studies (ANES) surveys
, 125

Anil Ambani group
, 100

Annual general meeting (AGM)
, 70

cooperative members, interaction
, 79–80

uselessness
, 65

Anti-money laundering, failures
, 20

Apex organisation
, 77, 83

Articles of Association, change
, 150, 152–153

Asymmetric information, effects
, 235

Auditors, remuneration
, 101–102

Audit statement
, 185–187

Australian Law Reform Commission, suggestions
, 177–178

Austria

foreign currency/repayment vehicle loans, risk
, 243–244

Austrian Banking Act (BWG)
, 230, 243–244

Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA)
, 230, 233

Minimum Standards for the Risk Management and Granting of Foreign Currency Loans and Loans with Repayment Vehicles (FMA-FXTT-MS)
, 230, 243–244

Austrian Financial Market, product intervention
, 243–244

Austrian Securities Supervision Act (WAG)
, 231, 244

Austrian Stock Exchange Act (Bõ;rseG)
, 230

Austrian Supreme Administrative Court (VwGH)
, 231

Baldacchino, Peter J.
, 55

Banking Act
, 67

Banking regulation, teaching
, 262, 265

Banking sector, EU roadmap
, 210

Banking Union
, 209–210, 216

Bank of England, perspective
, 143

Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD)
, 207, 210

EDIS link
, 220

Banks

comparisons, difficulty
, 222

impact
, 258–261

regulation, formalisation
, 261

Bankwesengesetz (BWG)
, 243

Banque Keyser Ullmann SA v. Skandia (UK) Insurance Co Ltd,
, 165–166

Barclays Bank, staff training centre
, 259–260

Barings Bank, problem
, 259

Barnier, Michel
, 23

Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity
, 105

Baxter, Lawrence
, 263

Beattie, Philip M.
, 1

Best practice forms, steps
, 14

Bid period, offeree company board (obligations)
, 148–153

Big Bank Regulation course
, 263

Board committees
, 101–102

Board committees, issues
, 98–99

Board of directors

conduct risk
, 24–27

determination
, 27

dynamics
, 29

evaluation
, 28–30

independence, debt cost (inverse relationship)
, 98

neutrality rule
, 152–153

risk management
, 25

structure
, 29, 97–98, 101

Boardroom, conduct risk (management)
, 19

Bombay Stock Exchange of India (BSE)
, 99

Bõ;rseG.
, See Austrian Stock Exchange Act

Breakthrough rule
, 143, 148–153

Briguglio, Marie
, 121

British Insurance Law Association, membership
, 172–173

Britton v. Royal,
, 166

Bugeja, Diane
, 19

Bureaucracy, involvement
, 69

Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI)
, 184, 187

Business educational courses, government validation
, 15

Business group affiliate (BGA)
, 100, 1095

dummy, design
, 101

Capital adequacy disclosures, quality/promptness
, 304–305

Capital expenditure, cash holdings (relationship)
, 102–103

Capital markets, efficiency
, 235–237

Capital Requirements Directive IV (CRD IV), requirements
, 304

Capital Requirements Regulation
, 23–24

Capital Requirements Regulation and Directive IV (CRR/CRD IV)
, 210

Carter v. Boehm,
, 164–165, 169

Cash holdings
, 93, 100–101

capital expenditure, relationship
, 102–103

reasons
, 95

Cash or cash equivalents (CCEs)

components
, 100–101

holding
, 94

mean value
, 105

objective functions
, 106

Cassar, Marcel
, 264–265

Central Cooperative Fund
, 85–86

committee composition
, 68

funds, usage
, 73

management
, 74

rules, regulation
, 75

City Code on Takeovers and Mergers

Section F
, 146

Section P
, 147

Client, risk profile
, 45

CNX 100 indexes
, 99

Code of Principles of Good Corporate Governance
, 28

Cognitive heuristics
, 284

Co-insurance stage
, 217

Commission

MiFID II ban
, 42–43

restricted adviser payment
, 43

Commission Delegated Directive
, 238

Commission Delegated Regulation
, 306

Commission Proposal, counteracting
, 153

Committee of Direction
, 80

Committee of Management, management process
, 80

Communication, impact
, 170

Competition, absence
, 22

Compliance-driven approach
, 22

Comply-or-explain principle
, 309

Conduct risk

factors
, 20–22

information
, 26

management
, 22

credit institution perspective
, 19

information, relationship
, 25–26

regulatory focus
, 22–24

Conflicts of interest
, 21

Conservative Cooperative Movement
, 66

Consiglio, John A.
, 257

Consolidated Law on Financial Intermediation
, 147

Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012
, 164, 170, 172, 174

remedies
, 176

Consumer market, developments
, 169

Consumers

independence
, 41

information, MiFID II provision
, 42

Contexts, teaching (problem)
, 266–267

Control premium, payment
, 145–146

Cooperative banking
, 78

Cooperative funding, institutional attitude
, 66–67

Cooperative, ICA definition
, 56

Cooperatives

cooperation
, 83

enforcement
, 77

nature/social objectives, awareness
, 81–82

ownership, members (perception)
, 82–83

perception
, 73, 83–84

Cooperatives Board, composition
, 84–85

Cooperative Societies Act (2001)
, 56, 66, 76–77

Article 26, legislation
, 78–79

Article 83, option
, 80

basis
, 76

deficiency
, 85

institutional barrier
, 67

membership minimum
, 70

provisional registration
, 78

revision
, 69

Cooperative societies, lending (restrictions)
, 66

Cooperative transparency
, 79–80

Corporate cash holdings, corporate governance (relationship)
, 96–97

Corporate decision
, 186–187

Corporate governance (CG) (CGR)
, 93

barriers
, 62–63, 70–71, 79–81

CGF
, 106–107

challenges
, 1

complex construct
, 106

corporate cash holdings, relationship
, 96–97

effects
, 103

European financial regulations, analysis
, 300–307

features
, 142

internal mechanisms
, 299

measurement
, 104

mechanism
, 95

quality
, 296–298

requirements
, 183

role
, 95–96

takeover bids

relationship
, 139

rules, relationship
, 141–142

variables, coefficients
, 107

Corporate social responsibility (CSR), committees/performance
, 101–102

Correlation matrix, eigenvalue decomposition
, 104

Corruption, eradication
, 125

Cost reducer model
, 211

Cours de philosophie positive (Comte)
, 283

Creativity
, 12–14

Credit institutions, business practices (problems)
, 23

Cronbach’s α

coefficient, usage
, 188

computation
, 106

Cross-border mergers, coordination (effect)
, 156

Cross-country factors
, 127

Cultural barriers
, 57, 63–66, 71–72

Cultural dialogues
, 282

Cultural Theory (Douglas)
, 280

Daily life, financialisation
, 34

Danish Committee of Corporate Governance, recommendation
, 152

Danish Company Act (12 June 2009)
, 152

Debt cost, board independence (inverse relationship)
, 98

Democratic Member Control
, 76–77

Deposit guarantee schemes (DGSs)
, 207

credibility
, 209

criticism
, 212–215

Directive 2014/49/EU
, 208

Euro-area DGS
, 219t

national/Eurozone level, determination
, 2232

stress testing
, 225

types, differentiation
, 211

Deposit insurance (deficiencies), bank runs (impact)
, 210–212

Deposit Insurance Fund
, 217

Deposit protection, importance
, 213

Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report
, 221

Directive 2004/25/EC.
, See European Directive 2004/25/EC

Disciplinary mechanism/function
, 142

DIY investors, growth
, 44

Dodd-Frank, passage
, 266

Dombrovskis, Valdis
, 215

Domino effect
, 210

Drake Insurance Plc v. Provident Insurance Plc,
, 167

Earnings management
, 186

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
, 215

Economic crisis (2007-2008) events
, 238

Economic realm, rational action
, 283–284

Edelman Trust Barometer
, 35–36, 125

EDIS.
, See European Deposit Insurance Scheme

Efficient Capital Markets Hypothesis (EMH)
, 230, 233–236

semi-rigid form
, 234, 235

semi-strong form
, 234

strong form
, 234–235

weak form
, 234, 235

Eigenvalue decomposition
, 104

Endogeneity issues
, 124

English Law Commission
, 167

Entrepreneurial failure
, 3–8

Euro and Social Dialogue
, 215

Euro-area DGS
, 219t

Eurobarometer survey
, 125

European Action Plan
, 149

European Banking Authority (EBA)
, 230, 231, 240–241

Risk Assessment of the European Banking System
, 23

SREP procedures/methodologies guidelines
, 24

structure
, 263

European Central Bank (ECB), supervisory priorities
, 23–24

European Commission (EC)

Action Plan (2012)
, 157

Communication
, 149

External Study
, 143

proposal (1988/823)
, 150–151

Report (2012)
, 153

research
, 37

strategy
, 35

European Community, Member States (deposit protection)
, 212

European Company Law, Action Plan (impact)
, 157

European Consumer Agenda
, 34

European Court of Justice (ECJ)
, 230

European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS)
, 207, 208

co-insurance stage
, 219

contributions/funding
, 222

evolution
, 215–220, 217f

financial environment, changes
, 222

full insurance
, 219

impact
, 220–223

political insensitivity
, 220–221

reinsurance stage
, 219

setup
, 215

single resolution fund contribution
, 219t

timeline/steps
, 218f

transition phase, bank contribution (calculation)
, 221

European Directive 2004/25/EC (Thirteenth Directive on Company Law)
, 139–141

application
, 149

content
, 142–156

disclosure rules
, 144–145

impact
, 149–150

implementation, trends
, 151–152

mandatory takeover bids
, 145–148

optional arrangements
, 150–153

positive outcomes
, 157

progress
, 150–151

reform process
, 156–158

risks, remedies
, 154

sanctions
, 155–156

scope
, 143

European Economic and Social Committee
, 149

European financial regulations, analysis
, 300–307

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
, 230, 240, 242

structure
, 263

European Parliament

Directive 2004/25/EC
, 140

Directive 2014/65/EU
, 306

European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
, 158, 229, 231

structure
, 263

European Stability Mechanism (ESM), borrowing
, 223

European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs)
, 232–233

European takeover bids directive, origins/scope
, 140–142

European Union (EU)

advice regulation, developments
, 36–38

agencification phenomenon
, 242

Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD)
, 207

Malta Presidency EDIS Report
, 222–223

product intervention
, 233–237

Europe, financial advice (regulation/governance)
, 33

Eurozone
, 58

Evolutionary process
, 12–14

Exploratory factor analysis output
, 105

External finance, cost
, 97

External transparency, improvement
, 303

Face-to-face consistency checking
, 46

Face-to-face propositions
, 47

Failure resolution
, 218

Fama, Eugene
, 234, 235

Family Councils (establishment)
, 12

Family-owned firms, corporate governance (challenges)
, 1

Farrugia, Andre
, 163

Federal Court of Justice of Germany (BGH)
, 230

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
, 212–213

Final audit report
, 185–187

Finance

logic, integration
, 34

obtaining
, 84

Financial advice

independence, improvement
, 41

regulation/governance
, 33

Financial awareness, predictor
, 37

Financial barriers
, 58, 66–69, 84–86

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
, 230, 237

adviser criticism
, 46–47

information provision
, 39

Financial guidance

definition, absence
, 40

provision
, 40

Financial institutions

long-term interests
, 261

regulations, transparency
, 298–300

transparency measures
, 307–309

transparency regime
, 293

Financial Intermediation, Consolidated Law
, 147, 152

Financial literacy, OECD analysis
, 35

Financial management

building blocks
, 67

expertise
, 84

Financial products, mis-selling
, 21

Financial services

misconduct
, 21

trust, Edelman Trust Barometer
, 35–36

Financial services regulation, teaching
, 257

banks, impact
, 258–261

Financial services, supervisory authorities (product intervention)
, 229

product governance/intervention
, 237–243

regulatory paradigm
, 233–237

Financial system safety net, elements
, 211f

Finanzmarktaufsicht Österreich (FMA)
, 243

Firms

agency problems, cash accumulation
, 95

cash holding, reasons
, 95

dividend payments
, 103

firm-specific variables
, 104–105

Five-to-three issue
, 78–79

Flexibility
, 12–14

FMA.
, See Austrian Financial Market Authority

Foreign currency (FX)

lending
, 230

risk
, 243–244

Foreign institutional investors (FII), ownership rights
, 97

Formal intervention powers
, 233

Friggieri, Jessica
, 207

F-test
, 191, 193

result
, 192t

usage
, 193f

G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, OECD report
, 297

Garcea, Maura
, 139

Gardener, Ted
, 265

Gatt, Elena Marie
, 55

Gendered ideology/practice
, 288

Gender, risk (relationship)
, 287–288

German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
, 230

German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Law
, 155

German Securities Trading Act (WpHG)
, 231

Gooby, Taylor
, 285

Goods, hunt
, 285

Governance

challenges
, 10–11

codes/principles/structures/mechanisms, establishment
, 15

impact
, 121, 125–126, 131–132

importance
, 126

internal control processes
, 277

issues
, 122

mandates
, 123

metrics, proliferation
, 126

subsidiarity, application
, 15

variables, impact
, 127

Governance, implementation

costs
, 8

mechanisms, family enterprise (relationship)
, 13

Governance-related boards, two-tier system
, 80

Governance, soundness
, 3–8

compliance costs
, 8–12

difficulties
, 8–12

Government

aid, reliance
, 67

Governmental aid, expectation
, 81

Government trust

analysis
, 131–134

empirical approach
, 130–131

regression results
, 131t, 133t

descriptive statistics
, 130t

determinants
, 132–134

governance, impact
, 121, 125–126

literature review
, 124–127

methodology
, 127–131

data
, 127

variables/sources
, 128t–129t

variations, factors
, 124

Great Depression
, 278

Grima, Simon
, 55, 183

Gross domestic product (GDP) growth, yield/increase
, 132–133

Harding, Hugh W.
, 260

Harmonisation, improvement
, 157

Herding behaviour
, 22

Heterokedastisitas
, 188

Hill, Jonathan
, 216

Homocedasticity
, 188

Homo oeconomicus concept
, 236–237

Hypothesis testing
, 191–193

Incentives

misalignment
, 21

small business governance approach
, 14–16

Indian firms

analysis

empirical results
, 104–107

research design
, 104

sample construct
, 99–100

board structure
, 97–98, 101

cash balances
, 94

corporate governance/cash holdings
, 93

dividend payments
, 103

financial/control variables
, 102–103

literature review
, 96–97

ownership structure
, 97, 101

variable description
, 100–103

Indonesia, corporate decision
, 183

analysis/discussion
, 189–195

assumption test
, 191

audit statement
, 185–186

corporate governance
, 185–186

data quality
, 188

test
, 190

final audit report
, 185–186

F-test
, 191, 193

result
, 192t

hypotheses, development
, 185–187

hypothesis testing
, 191–193

curve, F-test (usage)
, 193f

implications/discussion
, 193–195

multicollinearity test
, 191

results
, 192t

normality test
, 190

results
, 190t

one-sample K-S test
, 190t

reliability test
, 191t

research methodology
, 187–189

respondents, profile
, 189, 189t

returns/questionnaire returns
, 189t

scatterplot, usage
, 192f

theoretical framework
, 187f

theoretical review
, 185–187

t-Test
, 193

results
, 194t

validity test
, 190

result
, 191t

Information

asymmetry
, 21, 103

conduct risk management
, 25–26

costs
, 236

efficiency
, 235–237

model
, 235

overload
, 236

protection
, 241

Infrastructure
, 26–27

Insolvency, risk
, 299–300

Institutional barriers
, 58, 66–69, 84–86

Institutional claims
, 281

Institutional Protection Schemes (IPSs)
, 223

Insurance Act (2015)
, 164, 174–175

balance
, 178

Insurance-based investment (IBI) products
, 230, 240

Insurance Distribution Directive
, 169

Insurance Ombudsman Bureau, setup
, 167

Internal capital adequacy assessment process (ICAAP)
, 230

Internal consistency test, determination
, 188

International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), cooperative definition
, 56

International Monetary Fund (IMF), governance mandate
, 123

Investments

affordability
, 37

risk
, 44

Iqbal, Jamshed
, 299

Irrevocable Payment Commitments (IPCs)
, 223

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy (KMO)
, 105

Kolmogorov-Smirnov non-parametric statistical test (K-S)
, 188

Koperattivi Malta (Apex)
, 83

Landsbanki, problems
, 211–212

Law Commission

recommendations
, 173

review process
, 173

Law of insurance mediation
, 301

Law on Takeover Bids, Article
, 5, 146

Leeson, Nick
, 259

Legal barriers
, 76–79

Legal profession, teaching
, 261–266

Legislation, enacting
, 15

Likert scale
, 68

Long-term investments, liquidity excess (usage)
, 210

Loss aversion
, 284

Mahindra and Mahindra group
, 100

Malta Cooperative Federation
, 83

Malta, cooperative movement
, 57

Malta Financial Services Authority
, 263

Listing Rules
, 152

Malta Presidency EDIS Report
, 222–223

Malta’s College of Arts, Science t& Technology (MCAST)
, 262

Maltese cooperatives

barriers/limitations
, 58

corporate governance barriers
, 62–63, 70–71, 79–81

development, barriers (analysis)
, 55

discussion
, 76–86

financial/institutional barriers
, 66–68, 74–76, 84–86

interview results
, 69–76

legal barriers
, 76–79

literature
, 59–68

barriers
, 59

legal barriers
, 59–62

methodology
, 68–69

New Wave cooperatives
, 71–72

Old Wave cooperatives
, 71–72

recommendations
, 86–87

registration process
, 77–78

social/cultural barriers
, 63–66, 71–74

Mandatory bids
, 143

rule, reason
, 145–146

Mandatory takeover bids
, 145–148

conditions
, 146

Marine Insurance Act (1906)
, 166

challenge
, 167

Disclosure and Representations Section
, 17, 165

remedy
, 176

Section
, 20, 173

Market abuse regulation (MAR)
, 230

Market-based performance measure
, 103

Market in Financial Instruments Directives
, 169

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) aim
, 36–37

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II)
, 230

directive
, 305–307

framework
, 45

implementation
, 38

provisions
, 41

Markets in financial instruments regulation (MiFIR)
, 229, 231

Market to book value ratio (MTBVR)
, 103, 105

Masculinities, plurality/hierarchy
, 287

Material information, definition (provision)
, 298

Maxwell Stamp PLC report
, 212

McCreevy, Charlie
, 300

Membership, top-down approach/opening
, 80–81

Misconduct

occurrence
, 20–21

restriction, impossibility
, 21

Monetary and Financial Code
, 147

Moral hazard
, 221

reduction
, 218

Moran, Michael
, 262

Mukesh Ambani group
, 100

Multicollinearity-free regression model, usage
, 188

Multicollinearity test
, 191

results
, 192t

Multilateral trading facility (MTF)
, 231, 235

Multiple regression, usage
, 96

Multiple-vote rights, treatment
, 150

Mutual and Federal Insurance Company Ltd v. Municipality of Oudtshoorn,
, 171

Mutual and Fed Insurance Co Ltd v. Oudtshoorn,
, 171

National Competent Authorities (NCAs)
, 229, 231

National Consumer Council
, 167

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)
, 99

National supervisory authority, requirements
, 144–145

New Wave cooperatives
, 71–72

Normality test
, 188, 190

Northern Rock Bank, problems
, 211–212

Offeror bid, consequences
, 150

Old Wave cooperatives
, 71–72, 81

One-sample K-S test
, 190t

Online advice, cost
, 47

O.P. Jindal group
, 100

Ordinance XXXIV
, 56

Organisational culture
, 281–283

Organisational design/management/motivation
, 13

Organisational identity, impact
, 281–282

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Corporate Governance principles
, 302

report
, 297

Strategic Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis
, 299

Organisations

governance, internal control processes
, 277

persistence
, 282

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Principles of Corporate Governance (relationship)
, 141–142

Ostrowska, Marta
, 293

Otherness
, 285

Overend Gurney Bank
, 258–259

Ownership

members, perception
, 82–83

structure
, 97, 101

Own risk and solvency assessment (ORSA)
, 303

Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs)
, 229, 231, 232

Pan Atlantic Insurance Company Ltd v. Pine Top Insurance Co.,
, 172

Paolo de Bono, Dott
, 260

Papers LC319
, 172

Pay box model
, 211

Pay-outs, simplification
, 218

Pearson correlations
, 104

test, usage
, 188

Perrow, Charles
, 284

Poland, supervisory authority
, 301–302

Polish Banking Law Act
, 305

Political efficacy
, 124

Post-financial crisis analysis
, 35

Post-sales handling
, 242

Preventive defences, neutralisation
, 149

Principal component analysis (PCA), usage
, 96, 104

Principles of Corporate Governance
, 297

Private company directors, demographics
, 10

Product

governance
, 237–243

account
, 239–240

regime, applicability
, 239

intervention
, 237, 240–243

powers
, 237, 241–242

oversight governance (POG)
, 231

Product governments, requirements
, 238

Proportional remedies, reasons
, 177–178

Prowess database
, 99–100

Public accountability
, 126–127

Public equity markets, efficiency
, 236

Public sector enterprises (PSEs)
, 94, 97, 100

Randall, Simon
, 66

Random Effect Model
, 133–134

Random Effects model
, 132

Rationality
, 236–239

Recast Directive 2014/49/EU
, 214–215

Red tape, involvement
, 69

Regulated financial advice

definition
, 38–40

MiFID definition
, 39

Regulation MiFIR
, 231

Regulation, teaching
, 261–266

Regulatory authorities
, 308–309

Re-insurance scheme, creation
, 224

Reliability test
, 191t

Remedy legislation
, 307

Repayment vehicle loans, risk
, 243–244

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament
, 156

Resolution facilitator model
, 211

Retail financial advice section, regulation/governance
, 33

Retail investment products, regulation
, 237

Return on asset (ROA)
, 103

Ring, Patrick
, 33

Risk

expansion
, 280

gender, relationship
, 287–288

perception/culture
, 279–281

profile, assessment
, 45–46

research
, 279–280

society
, 283–286

tolerance
, 45

Risk Assessment of the European Banking System (EBA)
, 23

Risk management
, 279–281

ISO 31000 definition
, 279

process, human element (linkage)
, 277

system
, 303

values
, 286

Royal Decree 1066/2007, Article
, 8, 148

Roy, Amitava
, 93

Sammut, John
, 207

Schooner, Heidi M.
, 267

SCOOPS initiative
, 73–74, 82

Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act
, 152

Article 33
, 153

Article 59
, 155

Securities and Markets Statekholders Group (SMSG)
, 233

Securities Code

Article 182
, 152

Article 187
, 147

Article 189
, 148

Article 192
, 155

Sell-out rights
, 143, 153–154

Seychell, Sharon
, 277

Shleifer, Andrei
, 236–237

SIMEX, problems
, 259

Single Market Action Plan
, 36–37

Single resolution fund contribution
, 219t

Single resolution mechanism (SRM)
, 210, 215

Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM)
, 24, 209, 215

supervisory statement
, 25

Small business

governance, approaches
, 12–16

operation, entrepreneurial problems
, 5t–7t

tax benefits
, 15

Social barriers
, 57, 63–66, 71–72

Social objectives, emphasis
, 80–81

Solvency II directive
, 300–303

CRD IV, comparison
, 304

Souster, Bob
, 264

Spiteri, Jonathan
, 121

SPSS descriptive statistics, usage
, 69

Squeeze-out rights
, 143, 153–154

Statement of General Insurance Practice
, 168

Status quo, change (resistance)
, 28

Stress testing
, 225

Subsidiarity

application
, 15

small business governance approach
, 14–16

Succession

issue
, 27

planning, structuring
, 27

planning/training
, 29

Supervisor model
, 211

Supervisory authorities, product intervention
, 229

Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP)
, 23–24

Supra-national fund
, 223–224

Suryanto, Tulus
, 183

Swiss Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (SESTA)
, 231

Takeover Act

Article 12
, 152

Article 35
, 155

Articles 24/25
, 148

no. 127/1998
, 146

Takeover bids

corporate governance, relationship
, 139

directives
, 157–158

European takeover bids directive, origins/scope
, 140–142

mandatory takeover bids
, 145–148

rules, corporate governance (relationship)
, 141–142

Tata Motors, cash reserves
, 94

Taylor, Michael
, 267

Teachers, regulation
, 267–268

Technology

advancement
, 285

advances
, 170

impact
, 46–47

usage, increase
, 44

Testing curve, t-Test (usage)
, 194f

Texts, teaching (problem)
, 266–267

TIrish Takeover Panel Act
, 152

Tolerance, value (evaluation)
, 188

Tomic, Katica
, 229

Trade, incentivising
, 15

Transparency

directives
, 157–158

impact, process
, 300–307

measures
, 307–309

principle/value
, 295–296

regime
, 293

requirements, increase
, 294–295

role
, 301–302

term, usage
, 295

understanding
, 308

t-Test
, 193

results
, 194t

Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS)
, 231, 232

United Kingdom (UK)

DIY investors, growth
, 44

fee-paying system
, 42

Law Reform Committee
, 167

retail financial advice sector, reform
, 38

Utmost Good Faith, reform (effect)
, 174–175

United Nations Development Programme, focus
, 125

Up-front fee, payment (unwillingness)
, 43

Utmost Good Faith
, 164–165

case studies/discussion
, 166–174

insurance practice
, 166–174

literature
, 166–174

practice, reform developments
, 166–167

principle, reform (outcome)
, 175–176

Utmost Good Faith reform

case
, 167–174

consumer market developments
, 169

doctrine
, 163

economic factors
, 169

effect
, 174–175

factors
, 168–174

Law Commissions

considerations
, 173–174

input
, 171–173

proportional remedies, reasons
, 177–178

remedies
, 175–177

socio-political factors
, 168–169

technology, impact
, 169–171

Validity test
, 190

result
, 191t

Value-expectancy models
, 284

Varimax rotation, usage
, 105–106

Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE)
, 231

VIF, value (evaluation)
, 188

VwGH.
, See Austrian Supreme Administrative Court

WAG.
, See Austrian Securities Supervision Act

t“Who Wants to be a Millionaire,t”
, 287

World Bank

governance mandate
, 123

Worldwide Governance Indicators
, 126

Worldwide Governance Indicators
, 121, 126

Zabbar Farmers’ Cooperative Society Ltd., formation
, 56