Mifid II

The numerical nature of financial markets makes market forecasting and portfolio construction a good use case for machine learning (ML), a branch of artificial intelligence (AI). Over the past two decades, a number of academics worldwide (mostly …

We study the extent of fraud in initial coin offerings (ICOs), and whether information disclosure prior to the issuance predicts fraud. We document different types of fraud, and that fraudulent ICOs are on average much larger than the sample …

Ali Sunyaev, Niclas Kannengießer …

Green Finance ist das Wachstumsthema in der Bankbranche. Denn die Regulierung setzt neue Beratungsrichtlinien durch, die Nachfrage bei Privatkunden steigt und institutionelle Investoren setzen immer mehr Geld auf nachhaltige Produkte. Umso dringender müssen die Anbieter dafür sorgen, dass sie auch halten, was sie versprechen.

Financial technology (FinTech) is an industry composed of diversified companies that use technology to make financial services more efficient. FinTech is recognized as one of the most critical innovations in the financial industry and is evolving …

The adoption of blockchain technology by the banking industry entails significant regulatory issues, since the technology can pose several challenges to existing legal and regulatory frameworks. This chapter addresses the main regulatory issues in …

This chapter aims at illustrating the evolving meaning of the notion of transparency in Italian insurance regulation and supervisory law. Transparency becomes the standard for ascertaining whether the organisational and behavioural conduct of the …

Solvency II Directive and Insurance Distribution Directive have introduced harmonised rules across the European Union. This chapter compares the transparency as outlined in these Directives and the insurance regulation and supervisory laws in the …