John Vickers
BoE unveils ‘systemic risk buffers’ for UK banks
Aims to ensure adequate capital within UK ring-fenced firms, as well as at global level
Vickers renews criticism of BoE systemic buffer
Blanket 3% buffer would better support ring-fencing, Vickers tells Tyrie
BoE and Vickers clash on capital rules
Proposals are actually not all that different
BoE unveils final plans for ring-fencing banks
Banks have until 2019 to restructure
BoE’s Taylor dismisses calls for ring-fence to be dismantled
FPC member hits back at critics of regulation
FSB warns of spillovers from new bank structures
Some jurisdictions fear unintended consequences of reforms
BoE unveils draft rules for ring-fencing UK banks
Rules aim to protect core operation in event of crisis
Carney-led FSB aims at international regulatory convergence
Work on FX benchmarks will be completed by November
Basel Committee reveals leverage ratio formula
Proposals detail leverage ratio calculation framework and disclosure requirements that will enter force in 2015; committee keeps options open for a higher leverage ratio than originally planned
IMF research warns Liikanen, Vickers and Volcker could cause instability
IMF economists including José Viñals call for global cost-benefit analysis to assess cross-border impact of national plans to restructure banks
BIS researchers fear separation rules could make banks harder to resolve
Recommendations from Vickers, Volcker and Liikanen examined in new paper focusing on implications for global banking business models
Arbitrage threat kept 'fallible' leverage ratio to 4%, says Vickers
Vickers says his 'blue skies thinking' leverage ratio would have been 10%, and adds stress testing avoids banks gaming the system
Disjointed regulation could spell end of global banking era
Report says global banks must move faster with reform if their global operations are to weather the 'balkanisation' of financial markets caused by mismatching regulation between jurisdictions
Concern in the City over Vickers implementation
Participants at event in the City of London raise varied and numerous concerns about implementing the Vickers proposals in practice
UK to ‘electrify' bank ring-fence in bid to end ‘too big to fail'
UK chancellor launches legislation to enforce ring-fencing – and separate banks that fail to comply
BoE's Haldane says UK could redefine global banking rules
Andrew Haldane says UK is in a position to ‘lead with the front foot' on fixing the shortcomings of Basel III, tightening remuneration policies and removing barriers to bank account switching
Vickers lends support to ring-fence ‘electrification’
John Vickers backs powers to enable the UK’s financial regulator to forcibly split banks’ activities if they violate ring-fence
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Can banking recover its lost reputation?
The UK’s Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards issued a thoughtful paper in December offering clarity on some of the flaws present in current banking reform
ECB’s Cœuré wants structural co-ordination
Executive board member appeals for the cohesive implementation of Volcker, Vickers and Liikanen proposals
King urges government to consider going beyond ring-fencing
BoE’s Mervyn King, Paul Tucker and Andy Haldane give evidence on Vickers proposals on ring-fencing retail banks; King argues recommendations could be extended to full separation of investment arms
IMF’s Lipton cools recovery talk
Greater euro area and US progress is needed to avoid another global downturn; more co-operation required on regulatory reform