Contents:PART I INTRODUCTION AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK1 Introduction to Research Handbook on Asian Financial Law 2Douglas W. Arner, Wai Yee Wan, Andrew Godwin, Wei Shen, and Evan Gibson 2 The historical development of financial regulatory principles: influences onAsia-Pacific systemic supervision 10Evan Gibson and Douglas W. Arner 3 Trends and theory in financial regulation and regulatory design after theglobal financial crisis 30Steve Kourabas PART II FINANCIAL REGULATION IN ASIA4 Financial regulatory models in the Asia-Pacific - a case study in diversity 50Andrew Godwin 5 Bank resolution 64Christian Hofmann 6 Networked securities markets: from cross-listing to direct connection 86David C. Donald 7 Regulation of derivatives in Asia: when technology meets financialengineering 101Christopher Chen 8 Internationalization of renminbi: offshore renminbi businesses, offshorerenminbi centres and renminbi's reserve currency status 122Wei Shen PART III FINANCIAL INTEGRATION IN ASIA9 Understanding ASEAN integration and trade 145Deborah Elms and Minh Hue Nguyen 10 Cross-border regulation of securities markets in ASEAN 173Wai Yee Wan 11 ASEAN bond markets: developments and challenges 192Tir Srinopnikom 12 Consumer financial dispute resolution in a time of increased regulatoryscrutiny 209Vivien Chen, Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay 13 Depositor preference and deposit insurance schemes - challenges forregulatory convergence and regulatory coordination in Asia 233Angus Chan, Andrew Godwin and Ian Ramsay 14 Cross-border insolvency in East Asia: cooperation and convergence 257Casey G. Watters PART IV COUNTRY STUDIES15 Anti-'grey rhino': prudential regulation and bank resolution in China 274Simin Gao 16 China's puzzling banking and shadow banking sectors after the globalfinancial crisis 293Wei Shen 17 Macau banking law and financial institutions 315Leong Cheng Hang 18 Indonesian financial laws: banking, insolvency and taxation 336Tim Lindsey and Simon Butt 19 The development of Islamic banking and finance: the Malaysian experience 368Nik Norzrul Thani and Ili Rahilah Ibrahim 20 Financial regulation in New Zealand: optimizing twin peaks 387Helen Dervan and Simon Jensen 21 Financial consumer protection in Singapore 408Dora Neo PART V FINTECH AND INNOVATIVE FINANCE22 FinTech and its regulation in Hong Kong 431Douglas W. Arner, Evan Gibson, and Janos Barberis 23 Recent developments of Japanese laws and regulations on FinTech 454Tetsuo Morishita 24 Lessons from Mt Gox: practical considerations for a virtual currencyinsolvency 479Stacey Steele and Tetsuo Morishita 25 Financial regulation as interagency competition? The saga of venture capitalrule-making in China 499Sirui Han and Chao Xi 26 Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? Reflections on equitycrowdfunding regulation in Taiwan 525Chang-hsien Tsai 27 Sandboxes and bridges - the impact of Fintech on regulatory convergenceand coordination in Asia 547Lev Bromberg, Andrew Godwin and Ian RamsayIndex 569.