Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance: Volume 18 Issue 1

The evolution of sovereign wealth funds: Singapore's Temasek Holdings

Wilson Ng

Where there has been little in‐depth understanding of sovereign wealth funds, the purpose of this paper is to describe the complex nature of one of the world's largest sovereign…

The politics of sovereign wealth fund investment: the case of Temasek and Shin Corp.

Suntharee Lhaopadchan

The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the political aspects of sovereign wealth fund investment.

The next stage of sovereign wealth investment: China buys Africa

Elirehema Doriye

The purpose of this paper is to highlight a number of issues surrounding the sovereign wealth investment activities of the Chinese Government in Africa.

Sarbanes‐Oxley, governance, performance, and valuation

Nilanjan Basu, Orlin Dimitrov

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the passage of the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act (SOX) on a number of governance and governance‐related characteristics, such as board…

Risk and regulation

Willi Brammertz

A regulatory wave will follow the current financial turmoil. The purpose of this paper is to warn that although new regulation is necessary, there is a danger of strangulation of…

Be careful what you wish for: the stock market reactions to bailing out large financial institutions: Evidence from the USA

Elijah Brewer, Ann Marie Klingenhagen

The purpose of this paper is to examine the implicit subsidies received, in the form of stock market returns, from the perception that large banking organizations are too big to…

High Court considers whether FSA disclosures are exempt from freedom of information requests

Joanna Gray

The purpose of this paper is to report and comment on the High Court ruling on whether Financial Services Authority (FSA) disclosures are exempt from freedom of information…

Guest editorial

Iain Clacher