Legal and Conduct Risk in the Financial Markets (Hardcover)

Hardcover. This is the third edition of the only work to focus on the topic of legal risk, expanded in this edition to include much new material specifically on conduct risk. The book has been updated to take into account developments in the law and professional standards concerning such risks and associated values in the context of the financial markets.Significant (and in some cases, endemic) conduct-related scandals, such as the widespread mis-sellingof financial products and LIBOR manipulation, exposed (even precipitated) by the Financial Crisis, have resulted in legal and regulatory change in equal measure (and profound effect) to that of theprudential and financial stability concerns captured in the second edition. Consequently this new edition fully examines the current approach to trust, ethics and conduct within the broader framework of reputational and legal risk. In doing so, it clarifies what constitutes legal risk in contemporary financial markets and how to manage it, drawing on examples and case studies.Other developments in areas such as the resolution/insolvency of banks, the revision of the UKregulatory structure from the FSA to the FCA and PRA, and the recently made new crime of reckless management of a bank are all considered in full. There is also discussion of trends in areas ripe fordevelopment such as fiduciary duty amongst financial markets participants.Combining practical emphasis with theoretical depth, this is an approachable and engaging reference guide to this important and evolving area of law. The third edition of the highly regarded practitioner guide to legal risk includes substantial new coverage of ethics and conduct, expertly appraised against the backdrop of significant change in post-crises financial markets. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …