Banks, Financial Products & Mis-selling: Protecting the Retail Investor (By invitation only)
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- Banks, Financial Products & Mis-selling: Protecting the Retail Investor (By invitation only)
December
14
Thursday
Moderator: | Associate Professor Sandra Booysen, NUS Law |
Venue: | Lee Sheridan Conference Room, Eu Tong Sen Building, NUS Law (Bukit Timah Campus) |
Type of Participation: | Participation by Invitation Only |
Description
The mushrooming of claims against banks as financial advisers has been triggered by recent financial crises, including the Asian financial crisis and the global financial crisis (GFC). Since the GFC, there has been much focus on how to allocate risk for failed investments. The trend has been to boost regulatory duties and remedies, at least for retail clients, while sophisticated and professional investors may be confined to common law claims. The problem and its solutions have featured prominently in the courts, parliamentary debates and the media in the last decade.
The Symposium will examine the prominent issue of bank liability for mis-selling investment products. In particular, it will consider the different ways in which the law is setting the boundaries of liability for financial advising and the challenges inherent in doing so. There will be a particular focus on private law remedies and the trend towards regulatory remedies in various jursidcitions, as well as some reflection on the role of regulation in the private law. Related issues, such as financial dispute resolution and conflicts of laws, will also be discussed. Contributing scholars are drawn from a range of jurisdictions: Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom and United States.
Speakers
Katy BARNETT
Associate Professor
University of Melbourne
John HO
Associate Professor
City University Hong Kong
Hugh BEALE
Professor
University of Warwick
Gerard MCMEEL
Professor
University of Manchester
Sandra A. BOOYSEN
Associate Professor
National University of Singapore
Dora NEO
Associate Professor
National University of Singapore
Mercer E. BULLARD
Professor
University of Mississippi
Jeannie PATERSON
Associate Professor
The University of Melbourne
Simone DEGELING
Professor
UNSW Australia
Holly POWLEY
Lecturer
University of Bristol
Chunyan DING
Associate Professor
City University Hong Kong
Keith STANTON
Professor
University of Bristol
Christopher HARE
Associate Professor
University of Oxford
Christian A. WITTING
Professor
Queen Mary University of London
Contact Information
For more information, please contact Ms Germaine Tan at cbfl@nus.edu.sgOrganised By
Centre for Banking & Finance Law