Lynn Coleman was Regional Records Manager, Europe, Middle East & Africa for a global investment bank in London. She recently relocated to Australia where she undertakes records management projects. Victoria L. Lemieux is Director of the Centre for the Investigation of Financial Electronic Records and an assistant professor of archival studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Rod Stone is Records Manager - Global Policy & Oversight at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London. Geoffrey Yeo is an Archives and Records Management specialist at the Department of Information Studies, University College London.

• Introduction to the series - Geoffrey Yeo1. Global financial markets - Victoria L. Lemieux, David Long and David KempPART 1: REGULATORY AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE2. Conflicts of laws in multiple jurisdictions - Ed Sautter3. Impact of the extrajurisdictional reach of the USA - Ed Sautter4. Moves towards a common regulatory framework for financial services in the European Union - Jonathan Herbst and Simon Lovegrove5. Data exchange and confidentiality: an Asia Pacific perspective - Julian Cunningham-Day and Marly Didizian6. Information privacy in the USA - Regan AdamsPART 2: BALANCING RISK AND RETURN7. Managing records risks in global financial institutions - Victoria L. Lemieux and Ember D. Krumwied8. The digital revolution and its impact - P. J. Di Giammarino9. Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and insolvencies - John Ramsey10. Records management considerations in global strategic outsourcing - Victoria L. LemieuxPART 3: LITIGATION-RELATED ISSUES11. Authenticity and evidential weight of digital evidence in legal proceedings - Stephen Mason12. Discovery and records management - Christine ArdernPART 4: RECORD-KEEPING APPROACHES13. Establishing a global policy framework for the management of records - Rod Stone14. Embedding records management in the business - Judith Ellis15. Corporate memory: the development and maintenance of an archival service - Tina Staples

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