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Doing Business in a Totalitarian Tax Compliance Era
This article outlines the importance of tax revenue to governments, the changes in legislation to secure this revenue and the impact on business practices.
Sovereign Wealth Funds: grown-up investors facing regulatory pressure
Sovereign wealth funds have begun to play a critical role in the global economy. Maturing investment strategies and increasingly complex relationships between governments have led to challenges in regulation and international investment policy and strategy.
Blockchain in payments: a tale of unfulfilled promises
Digital currencies and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin, as well as their underlying technologies distributed ledger and blockchain have so far failed to revolutionise the international payment system. Now that the hype seems to be gone, is there a future for those innovations in the payment industry?
Financial supervision: The future of regulation and technology
Regulations in the financial sector are in a constant state of growth in the effort to improve the degree of security in banking. How can we keep up with regulations in the financial sector? Here’s how tech is helping us close the gap
For a more humanistic advocacy
What role does law play in our society? What capacity does a lawyer have to change people’s lives? What can humanism contribute in relation to law?
Smart contracts: revolutionary or out of reach?
The digital flood leaves nothing untouched, and the legal field is no exception. One technological advance that has particularly interesting implications is ‘smart contracts,’ blockchain-based software programs that are making humans’ jobs easier. Experts are putting the technology under the microscope to weigh its pros and cons.