A Critique of the Korean Financial Holding Company Act : The Need for a "Consolidation-centered" Regulatory Approach

Abstract

This dissertation will critique and evaluate the efficacy of the "Financial Holding Company Act" (FHCA) in relation to South Korea's emerging new financial holding company groups. This volume will focus specifically on the relationship between the financial holding company and its banking subsidiaries under Korean Law. The U.S. approach to bank holding companies and financial holding companies will be discussed and analyzed in considerable detail as a comparative counterpoint for evaluating the efficacy of the Korean approach. More specifically, the thesis being presented is that the regulation of the Korean financial holding company group and its subsidiaries under the current FHCA needs to be transferred from a "separation-centered" regulatory approach to a "consolidation-centered" regulatory approach to better ensure the "safety and soundness" of South Korean financial holding company groups and of the Korean financial system more generally.

Subject Area

Law

Degree Date

2005

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

S.J.D.

Department

Dedman School of Law

Advisor

Joseph Jude Norton

Number of Pages

364

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