ASSIGNMENT Module: Regulatory issues in banking and finance The biggest chunk that about 25% of the $8.5trln overall is held by foreign governments. China tops the list with $1155 billion‚ followed by Japan $885 billion‚ United Kingdom $278 billion and oil exporting countries $255 billion. Other big holders of Treasury debt involve local and state governments‚ individual investors which are brokers‚ mutual funds‚ public and private pension funds‚ holders
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Introduction The current regulatory structure in Hong Kong 3. Hong Kong’s current approach to regulation can be characterized as institutional with functional aspects. This means that the firm’s legal status (bank‚ broker or insurance company) determines which regulator is responsible for supervising its activities from both a prudential and conduct of business perspective. However‚ this has been modified in Hong Kong to allow for the fact that banks are conducting a broader range of financial
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Regulatory Bodies By Jason Eastridge University of Phoenix XACC/280 Daneene Barton January 28‚ 2012 There are many major regulatory bodies in the financial industry. I found there to be about nine major bodies. First you have the FDIC‚ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation‚ which insures al major banks deposits. The FDIC also handles and approves any bank mergers and audits. The FED‚ Federal Reserve System‚ basically is the manager of the money supply to banks and handles some banking regulations
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But a series of financial scandals involving once prominent companies such as Enron‚ WorldCom and Parmalat lead the authorities to consider whether the accounting profession’s self-regulatory oversight system was appropriate to meet the necessary objectives. These corporate failures had shown that the self-regulatory system did not produce credible results and "had the potential to undermine investor confidence in the integrity of the securities markets" (The Treasury‚ 2006). As a consequence a number
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member of the Directorate-General of the European Commission I have been appointed to describe to you the composition and the powers of the Commission in the European Union. In the following paragraph I will describe the body of the Commission divided in three pillars: First you have the College of the Commissioners‚ then the Directorate-General (DGs) and lastly the cabinets. In the Third paragraph I will briefly describe the powers of the Commission and in the last paragraph I will conclude with an
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Time: Sadler Commission was formed in the year 1917 under the presidentship of Dr. Michael E. Sadler‚ the Vice Chancellor of the university of Leeds. It is also known as Calcutta University Commission of 1917. Object: The main objective of the Commission was ’to inquire into the condition and prospects of the University of Calcutta and to consider the question of a constructive policy in relation to the question it presented’. Besides the Commission was to determine the ideals and standard of
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The Law Commission In the United Kingdom‚ the supreme law-making body is Parliament. Through this‚ the government introduces numerous laws to implement its political agenda. The Law Commissions was set up by the Law Commission Act 1965 to “keep under review of all the law‚” s3(1)‚ being one the many influences on Parliament to make or repeal laws. Independent from the government and their politically generated views‚ the body is headed by five Law Commissioners‚ headed by the Chairman‚ also known
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* Admission * Photo Gallery * Contact Us | | | INTRODUCTION TO HUNTER COMMISSION - 1882 | | | UNIT STRUCTURE | 1. | Learning Objectives | 2. | Introduction | 3. | Hunter Commission of 1882 1. | Aims and Objectives of the Commission | 2. | Its Recommendations on Primary Education | 3. | Its Recommendations on Secondary Education | 4. | Assessment of the Recommendations of the Commission | | 4. | Let Us Sum Up | 5. | Further Readings | 6. | Answers to Check Your Progress
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Joint Commission As reviewing the Joint Commission‚ I learned a lot of information that I didn’t know. Joint Commission accreditation can be earned by many types of health care organizations‚ including hospitals‚ doctor’s offices‚ nursing homes‚ office based surgery centers‚ behavioral health treatment facilities‚ and providers of home care services. There are several different types of health care facilities accredited by the Joint Commission such as‚ Ambulatory Health Care‚ Behavioral Health
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6/9/2013 The Joint Commission has a list of national patient safety goals were set in place to guide improvements in safety of patients and to help highlight any problem areas within the healthcare systems regarding patient’s safety (The Joint Commission‚ 2013). The goals created for patient’s safety are listed and described through evidence based solutions in order to assess each goal. The Joint Commission focuses on several topics‚ all of include an importance
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