Regulation

I was pleased to be invited to submit some articles to the Parliamentary Brief over the past few months.  At the very least I hope that it gives us some conduit into the corridors of Whitehall. The trouble is that it's hard to write something.  After all it is far easier to critique the government's…

The de Larosière Group published a report on EU financial supervision yesterday.  The report covers lots of stuff about liquidity risk, regulation and supervision, including the rejection of any need for a single European regulator (ECB won’t like that one) and the strengthening of the current key authorities: CEBS, CEIOPS and CESR. These will be…

The de Larosière Group published a report on EU financial supervision yesterday.  The report covers lots of stuff about liquidity risk, regulation and supervision, including the rejection of any need for a single European regulator (ECB won’t like that one) and the strengthening of the current key authorities: CEBS, CEIOPS and CESR. These will be…

The de Larosière Group published a report on EU financial supervision yesterday.  The report covers lots of stuff about liquidity risk, regulation and supervision, including the rejection of any need for a single European regulator (ECB won’t like that one) and the strengthening of the current key authorities: CEBS, CEIOPS and CESR. These will be…

The de Larosière Group published a report on EU financial supervision yesterday.  The report covers lots of stuff about liquidity risk, regulation and supervision, including the rejection of any need for a single European regulator (ECB won’t like that one) and the strengthening of the current key authorities: CEBS, CEIOPS and CESR. These will be…

The UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) was increased over the weekend by law from £35,000 to £50,000.  This means that for any banking collapse in the future, savers and depositors get their money back within seven days guaranteed, regardless of their loans and borrowings. This is meant to restore some confidence in the system,…

The UK's Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) was increased over the weekend by law from £35,000 to £50,000.  This means that for any banking collapse in the future, savers and depositors get their money back within seven days guaranteed, regardless of their loans and borrowings. This is meant to restore some confidence in the system,…

Writing in the Observer, Gordon Brown says that, in the future, banking "becomes the servant of our economy and society, never its master." He wants banks to return to the basics, with the keys to basic banking being "a place where people can keep their savings safe and to provide funds for those who want…

Writing in the Observer, Gordon Brown says that, in the future, banking "becomes the servant of our economy and society, never its master." He wants banks to return to the basics, with the keys to basic banking being "a place where people can keep their savings safe and to provide funds for those who want…

Writing in the Observer, Gordon Brown says that, in the future, banking "becomes the servant of our economy and society, never its master." He wants banks to return to the basics, with the keys to basic banking being "a place where people can keep their savings safe and to provide funds for those who want…