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International Capital Markets (LAWS90228)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2024
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This subject will examine the phenomenon of the internationalisation of capital markets in the last 20 years from a legal and regulatory perspective and its role in the Global Financial Crisis. An introductory section will look at the immediate causes of the Global Financial Crisis and the role played by international capital markets; the subject will then proceed to place regulatory developments in context by examining the history, trends and issues associated with internationalisation of the market and the regulatory techniques that have developed in response to them. Several different markets will be studied, regulated and unregulated, developed economies as well as developing or emerging markets, the Euromarket, the European Union, the United States, China, Brazil and others.
Part of the subject will be devoted to specific US regulatory responses to the internationalisation of capital markets: Foreign Private Issuer exemptions, Regulation S, Rule 144A, Mutual Recognition Systems, ADRs.
The last part of the subject will comprise a detailed examination of the consolidation of stock exchanges, the emergence of international standards, the work of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in developing principles of securities regulation and disclosure; and the role of international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and The World Bank, developments in markets such as China and Brazil and basic principles of Islamic finance. Coverage of all these topics will depend on the pace at which the subject progresses, the goal being to provide ample time for class discussion.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject will have:
- developed a specialised understanding of the complex and technical legal and regulatory issues that arise in international capital market transactions and the ways in which capital markets operate in a cross-border context.
- developed an awareness of the competing policy issues and difficult coordination problems associated with financial regulation of this type.
- developed critical and analytical skills, in the context of regulatory frameworks outside Australia, which are useful to students intent on entering private practice or embarking on a career in public policy and regulation.
- obtained insight into the existence and operation of regulatory techniques along a continuum of normativity, which are readily transferable to other private law subject matters, particularly in areas subject to a high degree of technical regulation.
- gained the ability to identify and resolve complex transnational legal questions in the context of private practice; students working in areas of public policy and regulation will be able to mobilise the knowledge obtained in this course in a constructive manner, recognising the strengths and weakness of Australian law and practice as measured against international benchmarks
Generic skills
On completion of the subject students will have developed and demonstrated the following specialist skills:
- The ability for close reading and analysis of a range of interdisciplinary sources, and in particular, complex and technical regulation and legal standards from different legal systems;
- The capacity to identify, successfully characterise, and provide solutions for complex transnational legal problems, including through the collection and evaluation of non-domestic regulation and international standards;
- The capacity to undertake independent research in the area of international finance law through familiarity with the major sources;
- The capacity to undertake a sophisticated and professional analysis of legal issues presented by any particular set of circumstances, and apply the appropriate principles to international financial transactions; and
- A sophisticated capacity to place financial law, regulation and policy objectives within a global context.
Last updated: 3 September 2024