Panel discussion from the second seminar of UNSW Law's series "In Who or What Do We Trust?" UNSW's Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation presents Prof Lynn Stout, the Paul Hastings Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Securities Law at UCLA.

Andrew Sorkin of the New York Times has opined on the embedded costs for the US and global economy associated with implementation of the Volcker Rule.

Can corporations' relentless focus on maximising shareholder wealth actually harm investors? UNSW's Professor Justin O'Brien talks to UCLA's Professor Lynn Stout about her ideas which challenge traditional views on corporate law and the shareholder.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose rules that would impose certain business conduct standards upon security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants when those parties engage in security-based swap transactions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed new rules and amendments intended to increase transparency and improve the integrity of credit ratings.

Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010, federal financial regulatory agencies have requested public comment on a joint proposed rule to ensure that regulated financial institutions design their incentive compensation arrangements to take account of risk.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a consultation paper setting out future guidelines on Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Exchange-Traded Funds and other Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities related issues

The proposed Personal Liability for Corporate Fault Reform Bill 2012 (“Bill”) represents the first tranche of the Commonwealth Government’s response to the Directors’ Liability reform project, which forms part of the Council of Australian Governments’ National Partnership Agreement to Deliver a Seam

The Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee has published an information paper on some of the approaches taken in Australia and internationally in respect of the regulation of executive remuneration arrangements, including the use and implications of various types of incentives and reporting on

The report prepared by the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee responds to a request from the Australian Government for advice on the suitability of the legislative definition of “derivative” for today’s derivatives markets and whether it may be possible to decrease complexity in this area o