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Taming the Megabanks: Why We Need a New Glass-Steagall Act

Banks became major participants in US securities markets twice in the past century—during the 1920s and after the mid-1990s. Both times, banks with ‘universal banking’ powers originated risky loans and...

16 October 2020

Arthur E. Wilmarth Jr.

The Wirecard Scandal: The High-speed Rise and Fall of a FinTech Company and Its Implications for Developed and Developing Economies

Founded in Germany in 1999, Wirecard AG (‘AG’ is a public limited company formed in Germany) operated in the digital payment segment of the FinTech sector. The shares of Wirecard...

9 October 2020

Stefan Zeranski

Ibrahim E. Sancak

The Government's Economic Response to the COVID Crisis

The COVID crisis has been an economic, as well as a public health, disaster, and the US government has responded to it by trying to loan money to as many...

30 September 2020

David Zaring

Event Report: SMEs, Families and Capital Markets

The ECGI - SSE Riga Conference on ‘SMEs, Families and Capital Markets’ took place (online) on 19 June 2020, bringing together policymakers, academics and practitioners to explore some...

9 September 2020

European Corporate Governance Institute

Pandemic Crisis and Financial Stability

The recent e-book on Pandemic Crisis and Financial Stability, which was published by the European Banking Institute (EBI) and which I co-edited with Georg Ringe (Hamburg University) contains as...

15 June 2020

Christos V. Gortsos

ECGI/GCGC Global Webinar Series – The Differential Health, Economic and Financial Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Impact of the Crisis on Boards of Directors and Regulators

In April 2020, Monash University hosted the first session of the ECGI/GCGC 24 hour global webinar on The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath: Corporate Governance Implications and Policy...

8 June 2020

Jennifer Hill

Unlocking Secured Credit: International Ambitions and Domestic Realities

Personal property security law is a crucial element in the complex mosaic of access to credit and financial inclusion. The prevailing view among scholars, policymakers and legislators is that a...

5 June 2020

Giuliano G. Castellano

Andrea Tosato

In Case You Don’t Want to Miss it: ‘Sustainability and Systemic Risk’ – LSE Conference

The LSE Systemic Risk Centre will be hosting an online public event via Zoom. The conference is organised by Eva Micheler (LSE Law, SRC), Jon Danielsson (LSE Finance, SRC) and...

5 June 2020

OBLB Editors

Why a Recent Judgment by the German Bundesverfassungsgericht Might Introduce Climate Change Considerations into Monetary Policy

The recent judgement by the German Federal Constitutional Court (‘FCC’) has been widely criticised both for its legal reasoning and for its impact on the EU legal order....

Fintech Startups and Incumbent Players Series – Designing a Regulatory Sandbox

In the Fourth Oxford Business Law Blog Annual Conference on ‘Financial Start-ups and Incumbents Players: Policy Challenges and Opportunities’, different ways to foster innovation were discussed including the...

14 May 2020

Zlil Levin

Taming the Megabanks: Why We Need a New Glass-Steagall Act

The Wirecard Scandal: The High-speed Rise and Fall of a FinTech Company and Its Implications for Developed and Developing Economies

The Government's Economic Response to the COVID Crisis

Event Report: SMEs, Families and Capital Markets

Pandemic Crisis and Financial Stability

ECGI/GCGC Global Webinar Series – The Differential Health, Economic and Financial Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Impact of the Crisis on Boards of Directors and Regulators

Unlocking Secured Credit: International Ambitions and Domestic Realities

In Case You Don’t Want to Miss it: ‘Sustainability and Systemic Risk’ – LSE Conference

Why a Recent Judgment by the German Bundesverfassungsgericht Might Introduce Climate Change Considerations into Monetary Policy

Fintech Startups and Incumbent Players Series – Designing a Regulatory Sandbox

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