Banking

The Law and Business of International Project Finance: A Resource for Governments, Sponsors, Lawyers, and Project Participants

Project finance is used to build projects such as large-scale energy, infrastructure, toll roads, ethanol, and recycling projects, as well as many others. Project finance requires careful analysis and structuring of a wide variety of risks. This completely updated third edition addresses these risks and their resolution, and details the necessary elements of a successful project financing. Mirroring the structure of an actual project finance deal, this all-in-one handbook examines each step of the process.

Project finance requires careful analysis and structuring of a wide variety of risks. This completely updated third edition addresses these risks and their resolution, and details the necessary elements of a successful project financing. Mirroring the structure of an actual project finance deal, this all-in-one handbook examines each step of the process.

Banking Law and Regulation (Casebook)

Banking and Financial Institutions Law in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell)

Authoritative coverage provides a foundation for understanding recent developments in banking and financial institutions. Text covers subjects such as increased competition, deregulation, bank and thrift failures, large-scale bailout, and restructuring efforts.

Why Are There So Many Banking Crises?: The Politics and Policy of Bank Regulation

Almost every country in the world has sophisticated systems to prevent banking crises. Yet such crises--and the massive financial and social damage they can cause--remain common throughout the world. Does deposit insurance encourage depositors and bankers to take excessive risks? Are banking regulations poorly designed? Or are banking regulators incompetent? Jean-Charles Rochet, one of the world's leading authorities on banking regulation, argues that the answer in each case is "no." In Why Are There So Many Banking Crises?, he makes the case that, although many banking crises are precipitated by financial deregulation and globalization, political interference often causes--and almost always exacerbates--banking crises. If, for example, political authorities are allowed to pressure banking regulators into bailing out banks that should be allowed to fail, then regulation will lack credibility and market discipline won't work. Only by insuring the independence of banking regulators, Rochet says, can market forces work and banking crises be prevented and minimized. In this important collection of essays, Rochet examines the causes of banking crises around the world in recent decades, focusing on the lender of last resort; prudential regulation and the management of risk; and solvency regulations. His proposals for reforms that could limit the frequency and severity of banking crises should interest a wide range of academic economists and those working for central and private banks and financial services authorities.

Secured Transactions (Blackletter Outlines)

This book offers a comprehensive explanation of UCC Article 9 with many illustrations. It provides a roadmap to understanding UCC Article 9, and provides a context for the rules of Article 9 as those rules relate to other debtor creditor law and bankruptcy.

Principles of Bank Regulation (Hornbook Series Student Edition)

Comprehensive, yet intelligible treatment of the basic rules, principles, statutes, and issues governing the law of bank regulation. Examines the rapid pace of development in depository institution regulation, and how federal statutes governing banking have been subject to constant amendment in recent years. Discusses the growing overlap in competition among depository institutions, insurance companies, and securities firms that has further complicated regulatory policy. Detailed sections discuss: the regulated environment of banking, entry rules, branching, control transactions, transactional rules, holding company activities, securities regulation, resolution of institution failures, international banking, and bank regulation and social policy.

Materials on Family Wealth Management (American Casebook)

Most estate planning courses are centered around the estate tax. In the face of the uncertain future of the estate tax, it has become increasingly difficult for teachers to focus class concentration on planning strategies. Moreover, the slated increases in the estate tax exemption are making conventional approaches to estate planning less relevant to increasing numbers of Americans. Nonetheless, most individuals and families of moderate to substantial wealth will still have considerable interest in a variety of wealth-related issues. Attorneys must be prepared to assist their clients in coping with these issues. Moreover, most lawyers will themselves personally have to confront a number of wealth-related issues. The purpose of this book is to provide a teaching tool for a course centered around such issues. Until the publication of this book, there were no published materials available and teachers typically used customized materials. This book consists of ten chapters dedicated to the following wealth-related issues: (1) investment strategies; (2) an overview of income tax issues that impact families and individuals; (3) the law governing the transmission of wealth; (4) the basic structure of estate and gift taxation; (5) home ownership; (6) meeting the cost of higher education; (7) life and disability insurance; (8) planning for retirement; (9) elder law; and (10) economic failure and asset protection. Each chapter has been written by an expert in the area. The chapters have all been written with an emphasis on how economics and the law impact individual and family planning and decision-making in the various areas covered by each chapter. Each chapter has been written so that it stands alone, thereby enabling an adopter to skip portions of the book or reorder assignments as deemed appropriate. The materials are textual and include a substantial number of problems to facilitate classroom use and discussion.

Investment Adviser Regulation in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series)

This book is designed for those interested in learning the fundamentals of investment adviser regulation as set forth primarily in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. In particular, it is targeted towards investment advisers and their chief compliance officers. However, those associated with mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and collateralized debt obligation (CDO) funds will likely find it useful as well.

Regulation of Financial Institutions: By Howell E. Jackson and Edward L. Symons, Jr (American Casebook Series)

This casebook on regulations of financial institutions reflects a financial industry that has become increasingly integrated in the last 20 years. It brings together materials that traditionally have been covered in separate courses on banking law insurance law, securities regulation, mutual funds, and pensions.

Federal Banking Law & Regulations: A Handbook for Lawyers

This easy-to-read guidebook is designed for lawyers who are new to banking law or are very seasoned practitioners who on occasion need to research banking law issues. The focus of the guidebook is to show how major bank regulations are structured and how they apply to different types of institutions and holding companies.