Regulation
Fed enhancing large institutions’ oversight: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says supervision of large institutions to get a new boost
FDIC’s Bair pans single regulator model
Obama administration’s plans for single banking supervisor would fit uneasily with the structure of the US banks
De Larosière for long-term value and economic stability
A near-term focus dominated policy, regulation, accounting standards and governance in the run up to the crisis. It cannot last, writes Jacques de Larosière.
Clamp down on too-big-to-fail banks: UK lawmakers
Parliamentary committee sides with Bank of England in conflict with Treasury over reform
US Treasury official defends plans for consumer regulator
Neal Wolin argues new supervisor will eliminate “race to the bottom” among firms and regulators
Regulation is good for competition
International Monetary Fund investigates financial market development
France to create joint banking and insurance regulator
French finance ministry announces plans to launch single banking and insurance supervisor next year
What shadow banks mean for financial regulation
Recognition of the role of the so-called shadow banking system in the financial crisis, means more stringent financial regulation, argues a paper from the New York Federal Reserve
New data on operational risk losses
Survey from the Bank for International Settlements collects data on op-risk losses from 121 banks in 17 countries
Heavyweight group dismisses mark-to-market fears
Group including Lucas Papademos and Jerry Corrigan clears accounting rules of role in crash
Fed a natural for systemic-risk role: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says safeguarding systemic risk is a natural expansion of the central bank’s role
UK to return to rules-based approach?
Philip Davis, head of economics and finance at Brunel University, says in an OECD paper that UK might need a more rules-based approach to banking regulation
Bankers warn against financial protectionism
IIF sees risk as a result of national governments’ efforts to restore confidence
US regulators stake their claim
Barack Obama’s plans give too much to the Federal Reserve say Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chiefs
British PM slams plans to soup up Bank role
Gordon Brown labels Conservative Party proposals to disband FSA and hand supervision to the Bank of England “wrong”
EU needs harmonised definition for regulatory capital
Kern Alexander from Cambridge University’s Judge Business School calls for increased supervisory consolidation across the European Union
Mexico clamps down on bank charges
Bank of Mexico steps up consumer protection with measures promote transparency and competition
The Tories’ plan for sound banking
Robert Pringle, David Mayes and Michael Taylor, the editors of Central Banking’s Towards a New Framework for Financial Stability, give their reaction to Conservative plans to rebuild UK regulation
Canada’s Jenkins wants more skin in the securitisation game
Bank of Canada’s Paul Jenkins on how to achieve sustainable securitisation
Tories would cull the FSA
Tory opposition plans end to UK’s single regulator
UK banking crisis: testimony
Three leading UK academics gave evidence to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee
US's Barr: hedge fund advisers must register
US Treasury's Michael Barr on the Obama administration's proposed hedge fund legislation
Czechs unconvinced by EC regulatory revamp
Czech National Bank strongly criticises the European Commission’s proposal for financial supervision