Competition, competition law and the Malaysian financial sector

ABSTRACT The main objective of competition law is to promote the process of competition and to ensure that market functions efficiently. The well-functioning of the market is important for vital economic development. However, competition does not always seem to work well in the financial system. Th...

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Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin, Ahamat, Haniff
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/40757/
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spelling iium-407572018-06-29T03:00:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40757/ Competition, competition law and the Malaysian financial sector Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin Ahamat, Haniff K Law (General) ABSTRACT The main objective of competition law is to promote the process of competition and to ensure that market functions efficiently. The well-functioning of the market is important for vital economic development. However, competition does not always seem to work well in the financial system. This paper attempts to explore issues that may arise from the application of competition law in the Malaysian financial sector focusing on various forms of collaboration among market players. This paper argues that the cooperations or arrangements need to be assessed on case-by-case basis to see their actual effect on competition rather than treating them under the general object rule. In addition, a clear guidance should be formulated to avoid legal uncertainty and unpredictability. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40757/1/GCBSS-IREP.pdf Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin and Ahamat, Haniff (2014) Competition, competition law and the Malaysian financial sector. In: Global Conference on Business and Social Science (GBSS 2014), 15-16 December 2014, Kuala Lumpur.
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Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
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Competition, competition law and the Malaysian financial sector
description ABSTRACT The main objective of competition law is to promote the process of competition and to ensure that market functions efficiently. The well-functioning of the market is important for vital economic development. However, competition does not always seem to work well in the financial system. This paper attempts to explore issues that may arise from the application of competition law in the Malaysian financial sector focusing on various forms of collaboration among market players. This paper argues that the cooperations or arrangements need to be assessed on case-by-case basis to see their actual effect on competition rather than treating them under the general object rule. In addition, a clear guidance should be formulated to avoid legal uncertainty and unpredictability.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
Ahamat, Haniff
author_facet Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
Ahamat, Haniff
author_sort Abdul Rahman, Nasarudin
title Competition, competition law and the Malaysian financial sector
title_short Competition, competition law and the Malaysian financial sector
title_full Competition, competition law and the Malaysian financial sector
title_fullStr Competition, competition law and the Malaysian financial sector
title_full_unstemmed Competition, competition law and the Malaysian financial sector
title_sort competition, competition law and the malaysian financial sector
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/40757/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/40757/1/GCBSS-IREP.pdf
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