Gambling on compliance with the new 2005 Act: Do organisations fulfil new regulations?

Gambling is not a new phenomenon. Indeed gambling has been seen to be omnipresent throughout history and culture. However gambling has taken a new path. Online gambling is fast becoming a major pastime for many of society. The ease of access and convenience of play has led to an increase in the numbers of people gambling, and not just online. Within the increase of online gambling there has also been an increase in the regulation surrounding this industry. This paper explores the regulatory approach to online gambling within the UK. The researchers explore the Gambling Act 2005 (UK) and provide an empirical analysis of the UK major gambling organisation to determine what regulatory aspects they adopt and what safety measures they have in place to protect minors and to protect against financial crime. The researchers finally looks at policy implications for UK governments when regulating future online gambling.     

国际金融危机背景下我国的金融监管法律应对

在当前国际金融危机逐步加深的背景下,金融风险对金融监管有制度性需求,而减低机制性金融风险关键在于以法治促进金融体制和金融运行机制的改革与完善。我国金融监管法律制度还存在法律规则的供给机制混乱、供给理念滞后、制定主体多元且规则质量差、效率不高等诸多缺陷。借鉴英美等金融发达国家的监管经验与教训,以及欧盟等区域性合作组织的成功实践,按照巴塞尔银行监管委员会所倡导的金融监管理念,我们理应从金融监管法律的创制、具体处置措施的完善和金融监管立法的国际化三个层面有所作为。     

应对金融危机策要

由美国次贷危机引发的全球金融危机,已经波及到实体经济;要分析原因寻找对策,关键的前提在于树立信心、沉着应对。尤其要做好国内的事情,科学发展,又好又快发展,才是战胜危机、立于不败之地的根本。     

满怀信心应对国际金融危机对我国的影响

正确认识当前国际金融危机,就要运用马克思辩证唯物主义的科学方法,从多层面透过现象看本质来解读国际金融危机的成因,认清国际金融危机对我国经济是有影响有冲击的,某些影响和冲击甚至很严重,但它又是有限的,不是决定性的.党和政府应对金融危机的措施是"保增长、扩内需、调结构、抓改革."要满怀对马克思主义的坚定信仰,对中国特色社会主义的坚定信念,对中国共产党的坚定信任这"三信"来推动经济持续较快增长.要以积极乐观的态度在这场危机中抓住机遇求发展,在金融之"危"中孕育着人才资源回归、资金投向回流、技术创新和产业升级、管理变革和利用资源、思维变革和思维现代化之"机".     

新形势下政府能力开发与提升探索

随着经济全球化趋势不断增强,政府在社会经济可持续发展中的地位和作用越来越重要,政府能力已成为实现经济发展和社会进步不可或缺的资源,是国家竞争力和国家持续发展能力的重要组成部分。政府能力提升既是一个重要的理论问题,又是一个重要的现实问题。我国在建设"四位一体"的社会主义现代化国家进程中,应充分重视政府能力建设,通过深化改革开放,不断提升政府经济管理能力、社会动员能力、社会服务能力与文化倡导能力。     

石油企业集团跨国经营财务风险的对策研究

在我国石油企业跨国经营过程中,财务风险的严峻性日益凸显。目前我国石油企业集团跨国经营呈现区域广泛、业务范围复杂等特点,取得了突出的成果,同时面临严峻的石油价格风险、汇率风险、经济和投资风险。有必要从建立财务预警机制、监控海外投资风险、运用金融衍生工具避险等几方面对跨国经营中的财务风险进行有效防范和控制。     

Global dollar standard: challenges for Asian financial integration

Current international financial system is characterized by the global dollar standard where the US dollar plays an essential role in many aspects of international usages. This is particularly the case in Asia where the dollar remains as a major reserve, vehicle and anchor currency. The paper deals with the challenges of dollar over-reliance in the world in general and in Asia in particular, with emphasis on the fact that Asia being a creditor to the US has to cope with the problems and instability that the dollar standard brings about. Asia needs to have further regional financial integration and to strengthen regional financial cooperation supported by a strong institutional arrangement, a sound regional financial market and a collective regional monetary regime.

试析越南的金融改革

自越共“六大”后,越南在经济改革和金融改革的推动下,经济增长保持了比较快的速度。本文认为越南的经济之所以能够取得比较大的成效,很大程度上得益于在经济改革的同时对金融部门进行了改革,特别是利率的自由化和汇率政策的调整,促使越南的银行规模有所扩大,效率相比改革前得到明显提高。因此本文的主题就是对越南的金融改革进行一个梳理,明白金融改革所带来的绩效以及改革中存在的问题,明确下一步改革的方向。     

The 2019 Greek parliamentary election: retour à la normale

Abstract

The July 2019 parliamentary election was the first national election since Greece officially exited the eight-year bailout programmes in August 2018. It was preceded by three ballots on European Parliament, regional and municipal elections in May 2019, which served as a decompression valve for the electorate to punish the incumbent government and indicate a clear will for governmental change, since the conservative party ND won by a landslide. Whereas ND’s victory in the parliamentary election was anticipated, it was its scale that would define the shape of the new government. Increasing its score by 11.76 points since September 2015, ND won 39.85% of the vote, securing a comfortable majority of 158 out of 300 seats. This is the first majority government in Greece since 2011, marking the return of the country to a new normality. Even if SYRIZA failed to deliver the anti-bailout programme which had initially brought the party to the centre of electoral competition, it still gathered 31.53% of the vote, losing just 3.93 points since its last victory in 2015, hence securing its place as one of the two key actors in the new two-partyism. Party fragmentation was limited to six parliamentary parties instead of eight, with the neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn, having lost its parliamentary representation.     

Financial Stress and Depression Among African Refugees in the Southern United States: A Serial Multiple Mediation Analysis of Financial Self-Efficacy and Financial Anxiety

Abstract

As part of a larger community-based participatory research project exploring the postresettlement challenges of African refugees in the southern United States, our study investigated the phenomenon of financial stress and its relationship to mental health through a mediating chain of factors—financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety. Results revealed the mediating role of financial self-efficacy and financial anxiety on the relationship between financial stress and depressive symptoms. Findings provide discourses around financial stress and mental health in the migration context, critical to recognizing the unique experiences of African refugees and informing culturally responsive programs for financial inclusion and economic integration.