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SEC and the Future of Finance is the second volume of Joel Seligman's two volume study of the work of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The first volume, The Transformation of Wall Street, was a comprehensive history of the SEC from the 1929-1932 stock market crash that created the agency to the end of the Nixon-Ford administration in 1977. This book focuses on key current issues, the resolution of which will determine the structure of the securities markets and the SEC's disclosure progra...

Receive complimentary lifetime digital access to the eBook with new print purchase. Selections in the book include the text of basic federal securities laws, related Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and forms, and other selected related laws and regulations. It is designed as a supplement to securities regulation texts used in law school courses, but it can also serve as a reference for lawyers, securities professionals, and corporate officers. The booklet contains changes made th...

Global finance is in the middle of a radical transformation fueled by innovative financial technologies. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitization of retail financial services in Europe. Institutional interest and digital asset markets are also growing blurring the boundaries between the token economy and traditional finance. Blockchain, AI, quantum computing and decentralised finance (DeFI) are setting the stage for a global battle of business models and philosophies. The post-B...

A news-breaking account of the global stock market's subterranean battles, Dark Pools portrays the rise of the "bots"--artificially intelligent systems that execute trades in milliseconds and use the cover of darkness to out-maneuver the humans who've created them. In the beginning was Josh Levine, an idealistic programming genius who dreamed of wresting control of the market from the big exchanges that, again and again, gave the giant institutions an advantage over the little guy. Levine creat...

Tax Aspects of the Purchase and Sale of a Private Company's Shares ties together in one informative book the ever-increasing legislation, case law and extra-statutory material that tax advisers need to be aware of when purchasing and selling shares in private companies. Practical and userfriendly, this popular title provides the tax planning solutions that are sound from a commercial and tax perspective, but also strike a happy medium between the buyer's and the seller's expectations. This indis...

Strategic Intelligence for the 21st Century: The Mosaic Method provides an industry insider's assessment of current intelligence methods and offers a new strategic model, directed toward the police, military, and intelligence agencies. The birth of the internet, the advent of 24 hour news and the rise of social media is evidence of how governments and those dealing in intelligence commodities struggle not only to access but also to limit the information that is out there. At the same time, rece...

This book reviews sixty years of international investment rule-making and identifies main trends in current treaty practice, as well as the core characteristics of the existing universe of International Investment Agreements (IIAs) at the beginning of the 21st century. Based on this analysis, the third part describes the main challenges for policy makers and IIA negotiators deriving from the present IIA system, and makes a number of suggestions on how to deal with them. The Fourth part contains...