1st Edition

Bank Insolvency Law in Developing Economies

Edited By Kayode Akintola, Folashade Adeyemo Copyright 2023
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The subject of bank stability has been under a great amount of political and legislative scrutiny since the mid-2007 to late-2009 global financial crisis. However, these efforts have centred on developed economies. Little coverage is given to strategies adopted by many developing economies. While there is a global discourse on the subject of insolvency generally, there is ample scope to... Read more

♦ Foreword Andrew Campbell

♦ Acknowledgement

♦ Dedication

Part I

Bank Insolvencies in Developing Economies

1. Prologue - The Management of Distressed Banks in Developing Economies

Kayode Akintola & Folashade Adeyemo

2. Distressed Banks and Asset Management Companies: Evaluating ‘AMCON’ as a Bank Resolution Tool for Managing Non-Performing Loans in Nigeria

Anthony Idigbe

 

3. Unravelling the Mystery behind Bank Insolvencies in the East African Community (EAC) – The case for Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania

Hamiisi Nsubuga

 

4. Towards Early Intervention in the Resolution of Banks’ Financial Distress in in Ghana

Kenneth Ghartey

 

5. Deposit Protection Schemes in Effective Bank Resolution Regimes: Kenya’s Experience

Joy Malala

Part II

Bank Insolvency Law: Selected Cross-Border Paradigms

6. Institutional Development of the Dubai International Financial Centre and the Qatar Financial Centre: The Insolvency Law Framework

Horace Yeung & Saleh Al-Brashidi

7. Cyprus after the 2013 Banking Crisis: The Journey towards Recovery

Sofia Ellina

8. Bank Insolvencies and the UNCITRAL Model Law

Clara Souza & Pedro Ferreirinha

Postscript

♦ (Re-)Balancing the Priorities of Bank Insolvency Law in Developing Economies

Kayode Akintola

Biography

Kayode Akintola is Assistant Professor in corporate insolvency law, School of Law, University of Sheffield, UK and Barrister, Gray’s Inn, Supreme Court of Nigeria.

Folashade Adeyemo is Assistant Professor in banking law at the School of Law, University of Reading, UK, and Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Nigeria.