Financial Competition, Risk and Accountability

Financial Competition, Risk and Accountability
Author: S. Frowen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2016-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349652369

Recent decades have seen a sharp increase in financial competition, intensified by globalisation. Excessive risk-taking leading to inevitable business failures at times reached worrying proportions. A contributing factor arose from the complexities of the derivative and other new markets. This volume attempts to analyse and explain financial market developments at the turn of the millennium with the emphasis on the need for greater responsibility and a more ethical approach to financial decision-making.

Regulating Finance in Europe

Regulating Finance in Europe
Author: HŽritier, Adrienne
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2021-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1800379595

This timely book presents an in-depth investigation of who benefits from European financial market regulatory measures and how decision-makers and stakeholders are held politically and administratively accountable. The extensive study illustrates the full range of the actors involved in key regulatory processes such as the regulation of high-frequency trading and the activities of central-clearing counterparties.

Democratic Governance and Economic Performance

Democratic Governance and Economic Performance
Author: Dino Falaschetti
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2009-06-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0387787070

Conventional wisdom warns that unaccountable political and business agents can enrich a few at the expense of many. But logically extending this wisdom implies that associated principals – voters, consumers, shareholders – will favor themselves over the greater good when ‘rules of the game’ instead create too much accountability. Democratic Governance and Economic Performance rigorously develops this hypothesis, and finds statistical evidence and case study illustrations that democratic institutions at various governance levels (e.g., federal, state, corporation) have facilitated opportunistic gains for electoral, consumer, and shareholder principals. To be sure, this conclusion does not dismiss the potential for democratic governance to productively reduce agency costs. Rather, it suggests that policy makers, lawyers, and managers can improve governance by weighing the agency benefits of increased accountability against the distributional costs of favoring principal stakeholders over more general economic opportunities. Carefully considering the fundamentals that give rise to this tradeoff should interest students and scholars working at the intersection of social science and the law, and can help professionals improve their own performance in policy, legal, and business settings.

Auditing Ecosystem and Strategic Accounting in the Digital Era

Auditing Ecosystem and Strategic Accounting in the Digital Era
Author: Tamer Aksoy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-06-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783030726300

This book examines current topics and trends in strategic auditing, accounting and finance in digital transformation both from a theoretical and practical perspective. It covers areas such as internal control, corporate governance, enterprise risk management, sustainability and competition. The contributors of this volume emphasize how strategic approaches in this area help companies in achieving targets. The contributions illustrate how by providing good governance, reliable financial reporting, and accountability, businesses can win a competitive advantage. It further discusses how new technological developments like artificial intelligence (AI), cybersystems, network technologies, financial mobility and smart applications, will shape the future of accounting and auditing for firms.​

Creating a Balanced Scorecard for a Financial Services Organization

Creating a Balanced Scorecard for a Financial Services Organization
Author: Naresh Makhijani
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2011-07-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470830336

How to tap the power of the balanced scorecard, for financial services organizations Designed to help financial services organizations build and implement the strategic management framework known as the balanced scorecard, Creating a Balanced Scorecard for a Financial Services Organization is the book you need to ensure accountability, transparency, and risk management in your enterprise. The financial crisis revealed the many shortcomings of the industry, but with this book in hand you can make the most of the mistakes of the past to build a better, stronger business that balances both short- and long-term goals. Rich in the latest theoretical thinking and incorporating case studies that show the balanced scorecard system in action, the book covers both financial and non-financial performance perspectives in one comprehensive volume. Written by two leading practitioners with years of real-life experience, the book is the definitive step-by-step guide to implementing the balanced scorecard throughout your organization, aligning your whole business with your strategic goals. Includes everything you need to improve performance transparency, accountability, governance procedures, risk management, and more for financial services organizations of any kind Packed with expert advice and case studies that show the ideas presented in action Written by leading experts who have successfully implemented the balanced scorecard system in their own companies Accessible and in-depth, Creating a Balanced Scorecard for a Financial Services Organization is the book you need to improve your business.

Powering the Digital Economy: Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Finance

Powering the Digital Economy: Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Finance
Author: El Bachir Boukherouaa
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2021-10-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1589063953

This paper discusses the impact of the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the financial sector. It highlights the benefits these technologies bring in terms of financial deepening and efficiency, while raising concerns about its potential in widening the digital divide between advanced and developing economies. The paper advances the discussion on the impact of this technology by distilling and categorizing the unique risks that it could pose to the integrity and stability of the financial system, policy challenges, and potential regulatory approaches. The evolving nature of this technology and its application in finance means that the full extent of its strengths and weaknesses is yet to be fully understood. Given the risk of unexpected pitfalls, countries will need to strengthen prudential oversight.

Risk-based Capital

Risk-based Capital
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2017-09-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781976388125

Risk-based capital : new Basel II rules reduced certain competitive concerns, but bank regulators should address remaining uncertainties : report to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Committee on Financial Services, House of Representatives

OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook 2021

OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook 2021
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2021-05-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9264852395

This edition of the OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook reviews developments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for government borrowing needs, funding conditions and funding strategies in the OECD area.