UNIVERSITY OF MALTA FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTANCY B.Com (Hons.) with Banking & Finance as an Area of Specialisation Course Group: 2008/2009 DISSERTATIONS Surname Name Dissertation Title Agius Tiziana Attard Diane Attard Azzopardi Joseph Caroline Barthet Rebekah This Management of Operational Risk The implications of Basel II on the local financial institutions and comparison with EU countries A critical evaluation of the Regulation of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism in Malta An overview of the Markets in Financial Intruments Directive MiFID Transposing and implementing the EU prospectus directive: a local perspective Buhagiar Stephanie Buttigieg Claire Carabot Diana Dinova Ellul Falzon Jude D'Amato Petya Donna Paul Farrugia Greta Farrugia FarrugiaGalea Formosa Formosa Sarah Michelle Ian Karl Manicolo Mansueto Maya Maritha Gabriel Miteva Meli Maria Muscat Pace Eliza Darin Preni Edmond Financial Crises Expanding the local Market Beyond the Current Framework: The introduction to new Banking Services The new business environment under SEPA and/or How will businesses look at SEPA and adopt it from the Customers' side. Captive Insurance in Malta - An evaluation Portfolio Management and Financial Crisis The Global Financial Crisis: To What Extent was Basel II responsible? SEPA and its implications towards the prevention of Money Laundering Facilitating Trade Finance - A comparative and Analytical Approach between the Maltese market and the African Emerging markets Analysing the relevance of Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) to the jurisdiction of Maltese The Cause and Effect of the 2007 Credit Crunch Islamic Banking Recent Financial Crisis and it's impact on Malta's Financial Sector Internal Audit and Regulation of (Alternative) Investments: A discussion with respect to Financial Firms Ethics in Investments & Green Investments THE BAIL-OUT TREND AND ITS END To what extent are banks exposed to Credit Risk? Case Study of a Maltese Bank Selected Hedge Funds Versus Mutual Funds for the period 1990 - 2000: Did Greater Investment Flexibility Favour the former? Marketing Malta as an International Financial Centre The Subprime Crisis: why the financial system failed the Market test once again? Pullicino Said Saliba Sammut Nikita Edward Alison Lucienne Schembri Svetlana Sciberras Sciberras Scicluna Scicluna Bernard Loridana Mark Matthew Spiteri Mark Tagliaferro Zahra Tiziana Ryan The effectivness of International and Regional initiatives in money laundring and funding of terrorrism. Analysis of the Development of Asset Securitisation SEPA's Implementation and Application in the European Union Description: Banking Crisis & Regulation The perceived impact of the TRICK factors on 2 largest banks in Malta over the period 1990-2005; How significant? Off balance sheet risk in Maltese Banking; The Case of Standby Letters of Credit The exposure of Maltese Commercial Banks to the Domestic Housing Market. Customer Protection in the Banking Industry Anti Money Laundering Procedures and their applications to Fimbank Malta plc. The Decoupling Theory: Are economies decoupling from each other? How should the investor think? Diversification within the larger Maltese Banks: Is non-interest income the answer? E-banking and how it has affected the profitability of Maltese Banks