Law and Finance

This volume features selected papers presented in the legal and regulatory track at the 14th Global Finance Conference (GFC2007), focusing first on China and second on 'select issues'. Part 1 articles on law and finance in China cover: The interest income generated by placing application moneys from IPOs in overnight money market accounts, using data from the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.The separate legal frameworks for structured finance established by China's banking and securities authorities.The role of the legal representative within a corporation.The legislative history of the 2006 Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the PRC, and the limits, new development, and significance of the new Law in China's drive towards a market economy.Part 2 articles cover issues of international application: insider trading;competition provisions in free trade agreements;the free movement of capital;anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws;strategic interactions between auditors and managers.Law and Finance is a special issue (Volume 25 No 2) of the journal Law in Context.