Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance: Volume 24 Issue 1

Short selling and the development of anti-shorting laws in the UK

Azhar Mohamad

The aim of this paper is to provide a review of the literature on short selling. In particular, it seeks to describe the history of short selling and anti-shorting laws. With…

Revisiting the effect of regulation, supervision and risk on banking performance: Evidence from European banks based on PSTR model

Houssem Rachdi, Faten Ben Bouheni

– This paper aims to present an analysis of how regulatory and supervisory policies affect risk-performance nexus.

International accounting standards and accounting quality in code-law countries: The case of Egypt

Ibrahim El-Sayed Ebaid

This study aims to examine whether the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) leads to accounting quality improvements in Egypt as a code-law country. In…

Investment funds, shadow banking and systemic risk

Elias Bengtsson

This paper aims to consider the role of investment funds in the credit intermediation process and discuss various forms of systemic risk their involvement might give rise to. It…

Uncoupling the relationship between corruption and money laundering crimes

Norman Mugarura

Money laundering schemes are inextricably linked to corruption whereby the latter is utilised either as “a means to an end or as an end in itself”. The prevalence of one of these…

A conceptual framework for the Basel accords-based regulation

Jaffar Mohammed Ahmed

The purpose of this paper is to describe a theoretical model for banking regulation in relation to Basel accords implementation. As a risk manager practitioner at a financial…

Editorial

John Ashton