... Licensed re-use rights only This study is significant for several reasons. It addresses critical and persistent challenges within Nigeria’s financial services sector, which are systemic corruption and weak institutional integrity. Given that financial institutions play a foundational role...

...Mario Menz Purpose This paper aims to show how financial services firms determine whether customer transactions or behaviours meet the threshold for suspicious activity reporting mandated by the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and how suspicious activity reporting...

...Graham Baldock Purpose This paper aims to raise awareness of the potential misuse of Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) within the financial services industry and outline the potential negative impact this may have on society in certain developing countries. Design...

...Shazeeda A. Ali Purpose This paper seeks to examine the concept of stewardship within the context of the financial services industry. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores the historical and current significance of stewardship in the field of financial services through an analysis...

...William Kattan; Wendy King; Marcelo Ramella Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the experience of a financial services regulator, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), in identifying and dealing with conflicts of interest in innovative financial markets and involving sophisticated...

...Olu Omoyele Purpose Owing to the tremendously vast and unprecedented nature of the directly‐conferred statutory powers of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) (under the Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) 2000), there is need for ample accountability on its part. The paper aims to discuss...

...Eva Lomnicka Describes how the 1986 Financial Services Act gives the FSA power to pursue not only those breaching its rules but others who become involved in breaches by being “knowingly concerned”; the FSA can apply to the courts for an injunction or for a restitution order, and if the person...

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...Paul Gully‐Hart Discusses the impact of regulatory and enforcement action on banking and financial services, focusing on Switzerland, which is one of the most developed financial centres. Describes the recent increase in legislation which introduces corporate criminal liability, plus the far...