Iris H.-Y. Chiu's research while affiliated with University College London and other places

Publications (6)

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Initial coin offerings (ICOs), which became popular from 2017, introduced a new financial asset known as the ‘token’ or ‘cryptoasset’. Regulators in different jurisdictions have taken rather different approaches towards cryptoassets. The chapter focuses on this regulatory diversity. The aim is not to determine what the regulatory regime ought to be...
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1. Introduction The rise of collective investment has brought about benefits in terms of facilitating broad access to investment in capital markets and achieving economies of scale in investment. The retail mutual fund that is open-ended in nature has in particular met the needs for household investment, including retail investors at different leve...
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This is the first in-depth comparative and empirical analysis of shareholder stewardship, revealing the previously unknown complexities of this global movement. It highlights the role of institutional investors and other shareholders, examining how they use their formal and informal power to influence companies. The book includes an in-depth chapte...
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Regulatory actions for short-term debt-relief during the Covid-19 pandemic are facilitating a significant level of indebtedness. We argue that regulators, in leaving the banking sector to manage small business and consumer debtors in ‘tailored arrangements’, risk allowing financial welfare goals to be unmet. Financial welfare goals are important to...

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... Comenzando los años 90 el sector bancario en Colombia ha sufrido diferentes transformaciones a nivel estructural dada la apertura económica del país en 1991 (Murillo et al., 2015). Es de esta forma, que el gobierno corporativo ha cumplido un papel fundamental en la forma en que se hacen los negocios en el país, en cuanto a su gestión y control (Gericke, 2018). Aunque no son fenómenos recientes, las diferentes crisis financieras y los casos de malas prácticas corporativas alrededor del mundo, el tema siempre está presente en el orden del día (Murillo et al., 2019). ...
... Research for the US shows that a stronger use of riskpriced interest rates by banks both improves credit screening and increases credit access [10]. Finally, this article is related to recent discussions on the regulation of consumer credit [22], the potential instability created by competition between formal and informal lending [5], and the role of public credit bureaus in increasing financial access [2], with these concerns having increased in the post-pandemic period [6]. ...