Governance and governmentality: a discussion in the context of UK private pension provision

Abstract

While the governance of pension schemes, and the risk this poses for pension savers, is a prominent issue in current pension debate in the UK, this paper places that debate in, arguably, the more important context of the governance of individual behaviour. Using the concept of governmentality as a means of interpreting the course of recent UK pension policy and its attempts to influence individual saving behaviour, it critiques that policy. The paper then goes on to consider the effect of the introduction of personal accounts upon the pensions landscape, and in particular its potential to push forward the government's recent approach to pension provision. It argues that these reforms, rather than furthering individual saving for retirement, may alternatively create the very real possibility of undermining it.     

The material production of virtuality: innovation,cultural geography and facticity in derivatives markets

Abstract

In the existing literature, the ‘virtual’ nature of financial derivatives is often commented upon, but how these products are brought into being has seldom been examined in any depth. This article analyses the development since 1970 of organized financial-derivatives trading in the US and UK (in particular, of derivatives exchanges and of the British financial spread-betting industry), with the goal of examining the ‘material production of virtuality’. The article explores the similarities and differences between technological innovation and innovation in derivatives; discusses the role of the ‘internal’ cultures of financial markets and of the wider culture (in particular, the legal traces of hostility to gambling); and analyses the requirement of ‘facticity’ for the measure underlying a cash-settled derivative, focusing in particular on the most important such measure, British Bankers’ Association LIBOR (London interbank offered rate).     

Making Wrongdoers Pay

正Supervision is needed to guarantee compensation expenses are properly sourcedon May 5,Lin Qilei,a lawyer with the Beijing-based Ruikai Law Firm,sent out two express letters to the finance departments of central China’s Henan Province and east China’s Zhejiang Province,requiring them to publicly release details of funds used for compensating victims in two erroneously convicted cases in their jurisdiction.     

HK Will Seize Every Opportunity Arising from China's Deepening Reforms——An Interview with Chief Executive Leung Chun Ying of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

正THE Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)adopted the Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Some Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reform,which charts the country’s future development.Hong Kong,global hub of commerce and trade with the largest offshore RMB liquidity     

Internet Finance Fest

正RAPID development of the Internet and mobile Internetbased financing in recent years has created a spate of new-type financial institutions and services.They include mobile payment,online auction companies and online wealth management services.Internet-based financing–a blend of information network technology and modern finance–is impelling conventional finance towards unprecedented     

互联网金融安全规制研究

互联网金融是当今网络经济高度发展的必然产物,顺应各方需要,具有鲜活的生命力和不可抗拒的发展趋势。但是,互联网金融也存在金融风险,如果缺乏有效监管,风险积累到一定程度就会演变成金融危机。因此,在国内互联网金融发展的如火如荼阶段,必须高度重视互联网金融对传统金融市场的作用和影响,规避其对金融安全的冲击,重新界定互联网金融机构法律地位、构建多层次的互联网金融监管体系、切实加强金融消费者权益保护,确保国家金融安全。     

当前发展农村金融的总体思路

该文针对农村金融的现实问题和既有理论研究、政策主张的不足,将农村金融置于农村经济系统和整体金融系统之中,描绘了农村金融组织体系随农村经济发展而不断演变的具体路径。新时期发展农村金融要以发展农村经济,构建新型农业经营体系为主线和依托,以市场化为目标,以商业性金融为方向,以业务为纽带,通过合作性金融改制和金融自由化改革形成商业性金融服务农村的倒逼机制。在发展农村金融过程中,要引导民间金融合法化、规范化、商业化,不断完善农村金融监管体系。     

预算机制论:从经济、政治、法律、财政、决策角度的分析

预算是典型的边缘性范畴。从经济体制看 ,预算是政府配置资源的机制 ;从政治体制看 ,预算是纳税人及其代议机构控制政府财政活动的机制 ;从法律体制看 ,预算不仅仅是计划 ,预算的本质是法律 ;从与财政的关系看 ,预算是公共财政的基本制度框架 ;从决策体制看 ,预算是公共选择机制。     

深化农村信用社改革，促进农村经济发展

解决“三农”问题,直接或间接依赖于农村金融的发展和支持。农村信用合作社是我国金融体系中的重要组成部分,是农村金融的基础,多年来为农村经济的发展发挥了积极的作用。然而,随着经济的逐步发展,目前的农村信用社已经不能满足农村经济发展的需要。找出问题,分析对策,是农村信用社进一步发展壮大的必然选择。     

国际项目融资中的环境影响评价制度

世界银行等国际金融组织在其项目贷款守则中已将是否进行环境影响评价程序作为其项目可贷性的前提条件,中国作为世行的最大受惠国,应该加强对国际项目融资中环境影响评价制度的研究.本文从多方面论证了二者存在的实质性联系,从风险均衡的角度提出了推行环评审查法人负责制的必要性,认为中国的银行在其贷款守则中应考虑将环评程序纳入项目可贷性的内容并确保当事人诉诸法律,对特定事项请求司法审查权利的实现.