A comprehensive guide to the rules and regulations that govern the UK financial services industry, providing: - Analysis of the various laws and regulations and how they impact on customer relations and retail products - An outline of the protection given to clients' money and the functioning of the prudential requirements - An explanation of the rationale and operation of enforcement procedures - Details of requirements as they apply to professionals who engage in financial services activities as an incidental part of their professional activities - A consideration of recently implemented EU initiatives The fifth edition has been fully updated in line with the post-EU regime and in addition includes updates to: - the new investments and investment activities and the FCA rules and their impact - the FCA authorisation procedures and their impact - the approved persons regime - the rules and, in particular, their applications in relation to retail products and customer relations - the rules in relation to professionals as well as coverage of: - the EU Market Abuse Regulation - 4th and 5th Money Laundering Directives in their UK form including additional examples of enforcement actions and prosecutions and the lessons to be learned - new case law in relation to enforcement and the lessons learned Covering the latest developments, this valuable text is set out in the context of common practice and is indispensable for those working within or otherwise associated with the financial services industry, namely lawyers, compliance officers, auditors, financial advisers, consultants, academics and students.
The Law Relating to International Banking (Second Edition) addresses the key legal issues associated with international banking and capital markets. Covering choice of law, jurisdiction, sovereign risk, contractual remedies, exchange controls and legal opinions, this new edition provides a detailed analysis of the legal issues relating to the lending of money, whether by way of: - Term loans - Syndicated lending - The transferring of a bank's interest in a loan - Bond issues - Asset backed securitisation In addition, the title also considers Islamic securitisation as well as whole of business securitisation. It also examines derivative contracts along with the contractual issues arising with consideration being given to how to complete the Schedules to the ISDA Master Agreement. Contract guarantees and standby letters of credit are also analysed. The Law Relating to International Banking is essential reading for anyone wishing to gain a perspective on these transactions, including banking lawyers, bankers, academics and post graduate students.
No matter what your industry, no matter what your product, if you want to sell in the big leagues, this book is a revelation." -Steve Carlson, Publisher and Editor, Marketing Options "David Cowper is not just one of the world's most successful life insurance salespeople, he is one of the cleverest. He thinks his way into giant cases and so can we, if we follow his strategies." -Tony Gordon, Past Chairman, Top of the Table, Bristol, England "David Cowper's book is, by far, the best I have ever read on the art of selling life insurance. Through fascinating storytelling, David reveals the extraordinary scale of thought and passion devoted to his selling opportunities. His book will inspire every reader to add zeros to their sales numbers." -Leon Lewis, Planning Consultant "David Cowper demonstrates how to achieve sales excellence through creativity, intelligence, and the power of stories. This book is required reading for all sales professionals." -Norm L. Trainor, President, The Covenant Group, and Author of The 8 Best Practices of High-Performing Salespeople When David Cowper began his insurance career, he was alone in a new country with no contacts and only forty dollars in his pocket. Three months after entering the business, he still hadn't sold a single policy. But David stuck with it to routinely make million-dollar sales and become one of the top insurance salespeople in the world. More than a rags-to-riches story, Mega-Selling is a first-hand account of the unique strategies David developed to penetrate new markets and close multi-million-dollar sales. With Mega-Selling, any salesperson can learn from the best and become a top performer.
In 1054 CE, the Great Schism between Eastern and Western Christianity occurred, and the official break of communion between the two ancient branches of the church continues to this day. There have been numerous church commissions and academic groups created to try and bridge the ecumenical divides between East and West, yet official communion is still just out of reach. The thought of St. Maximus the Confessor, a saint of both churches, provides a unique theological lens through which to map out a path of ecumenical understanding and, hopefully, reconciliation and union. Through an exposition of the intellectual history of Maximus’ theological influence, his moral and spiritual theology, and his metaphysical vision of creation, a common Christianity emerges. This book brings together leading scholars and thinkers from both traditions around the theology of St. Maximus to cultivate greater union between Eastern and Western Christianity.
This book examines the legal and regulatory aspects of cryptocurrency and blockchain and the emerging practical issues that these issues involve. The analysis covers a range of advanced economies across the world, in America, Europe and Asia. The book describes, explains and analyses the nature of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain systems they are constructed on in these major world economies and considers relevant law and regulation and their shortcomings. It will be of use and interest to academics, lawyers, regulators and anyone involved with cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
This is an updated edition of a standard work on principal and surety. It incorporates all the recent changes in the law, and includes a new chapter on set-off and an expanded chapter on bonds. Also included is a set of specimen guarantees and forms
June, 1941A German agent in Japan observes planes practice for the attack that would ultimately target Pearl Harbor, and bring America into World War II. Top Nazi officials, oblivious to the danger of fighting the U.S.A., turn a blind eye while Hitler's greatest spymaster decides to send one of his most trusted young agents to Washington to thwart the Japanese plans by warning the United States! When the Nazi warning falls on deaf ears, German agent Rudi von Althorp and his American counterpart Alex Jordan embark on a race against time to carry their warning to those it will affect most. Aboard a Pan American Airways Clipper on the Day of Infamy, they find themselves on the other side of the globe, and on opposite sides of a world war. From New Zealand across the southwest Pacific and across Asia, Africa and the Americas, alongside the heroic Clipper crew, they are all on A Desperate Journey to get home in a world tearing itself apart.
Designed to bring you practical information on the generic role of compliance. This book focuses on the due diligence mechanisms needed to ensure effective compliance throughout the financial services industry. It addresses topics that include: role of compliance; risk analysis and surveying; fashioning compliance systems; complaints; and more.
Philosophical accounts of childhood have tended to derive from Plato and Aristotle, who portrayed children (like women, animals, slaves, and the mob) as unreasonable and incomplete in terms of lacking formal and final causes and ends. Despite much rhetoric concerning either the sinfulness or purity of children (as in Puritanism and Romanticism respectively), the assumption that children are marginal has endured. Modern theories, including recent interpretations of neuroscience, have re-enforced this sense of children's incompleteness. This fascinating monograph seeks to overturn this philosophical tradition. It develops instead a "fully semiotic" perspective, arguing that in so far as children are no more or less interpreters of the world than adults, they are no more or less reasoning agents. This, the book shows, has radical implications, particularly for the question of how we seek to educate children. One Aristotelian legacy is the unquestioned belief that societies must educate the young irrespective of the latter's wishes. Another is that childhood must be grown out of and left behind.
Teenagers face unique challenges. Attempting to navigate the transition between childhood and adulthood can be complex. In consideration of this transition, it is important to recognize that the thoughts, opinions, and actions of teens matter. They are our future, and as they lift their voice they have the power to make a positive difference throughout the world. Seventeen audacious teens have authored essays based on their unique experiences and perspectives. In this informative book, these young people discuss some of the reasons why they and teens everywhere matter and how everyone can make a difference. The issues raised reflect some of the challenges that adolescents encounter every day. The topics covered in the essays include public service, social media and cyber-bullying, stereotypes, academic and athletic achievement, diversity, and activism. Why I Matter...A Teen Perspective will inspire teens to utilize their gifts and blessings to make a difference. Proceeds from this book will be donated to the Jack and Jill of America Foundation. Why I Matter...A Teen Perspective was written by teenagers. Alex Armour Jr., Ayanna Armour, Morgan Bell, Jurnie Brayboy, Bryce Gaines, Aiden Haynes, Sydney Honorable, Conrad Hutchins, Jacqueline Hutchins, Shannon Jackson, Brianna Latham, Andrew McCoy, Skyelar Montgomery, Solenne Montgomery, Kamryn Powell, Tyler Webber, and Scott Woods II are all members of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, Alexandria-Mount Vernon Chapter. The authors wrote this book to inspire and uplift teens, and to raise money to support charitable work.
This book offers a welcome expansion on key concepts, terms, and issues in causality. It brings much needed clarity to psychological injury assessments and the legal contexts that employ them. Focusing on PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and chronic pain (and grounding readers in salient U.S. and Canadian case law), the book sets out a multifactorial causality framework to facilitate admissibility of psychological evidence in court.
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