Regulation
Fed's supervision head to step down
Roger Cole, the director of the Federal Reserve's division of banking supervision, and regulation is to retire after 30 years at the central bank.
Basel Committee expands membership
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on Wednesday expanded its membership to include all G20 countries.
A feeble response to an unprecedented crisis
Officials have failed to deliver on their promises of a regulatory overhaul. It is a pity, writes Robert Pringle, the chairman of Central Banking Publications.
Interview: Zdeneˇk Tu°ma
Martina Horáková speaks to the Czech governor about the crisis, calls for cross-border supervision and the process for adopting the euro
Lessons for banking reform: a Canadian perspective
Canada’s banks have stood firm throughout the crisis, despite Ottawa’s aversion to prescriptive rule-based regulation
Interview: Nasser Al Shaali
The chief executive of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority tells Malan Rietveld that the emirate will bounce back strongly
Interview: Rasheed Al Maraj
The governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain tells Malan Rietveld that the country’s conservative approach to finance, regulation and construction is paying dividends in a time of crisis
US set for new regulator?
The United States administration is considering setting up a regulator to oversee certain financial products, it emerged on Wednesday.
Basel Committee issues stress-test guidelines
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has produced a raft of measures for the sound governance, design and implementation of stress tests.
BoE outlines objectives for liquidity rules
Nigel Jenkinson, an adviser to the governor of the Bank of England and a member of the Financial Stability Board, on Friday detailed five objectives for a new framework on liquidity risk.
Obama administration unveils derivatives overhaul
The United States on Wednesday proposed a series of radical reforms to the derivatives industry.
Ex-FDIC's Seidman dies
Bill Seidman, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) who presided over the savings and loan crisis, has died.
CNB's Tuma calls for cross-border supervision
Zdenek Tuma discusses the future of financial regulation and the prospects for joining the euro
Thailand's Bandid stresses importance of Pillar II
Work by the Bank of Thailand on the implementation of Pillar II of Basel II is continuing, said Bandid Nijathaworn, the deputy governor of the central bank.
Bernanke defines macroprudential approach
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Thursday detailed how a macroprudential approach to regulation would look.
SNB's Hildebrand wants global bankruptcy code
Philipp Hildebrand, a member of the Swiss National Bank's governing board who will take the helm next year, has called for global insolvency standards as a means to handle the too-big-to-fail and too-big-to-save problems.
Guyana set to take on insurance role
The Bank of Guyana's regulatory ambit may expand to include the state's insurance industry if legislation tabled by the government on Thursday is passed.
Israel at odds with major bank over CEO role
The Bank of Israel has criticised the state's second-largest bank for the lender's hasty appointment of a new chief executive.
Malaysia steps up liberalisation agenda
Bank Negara Malaysia on Monday announced a raft of measures to further liberalise the country's financial markets.
EU devises new rules for rating agencies
The European Parliament on Thursday approved a batch of rules aimed at enhancing the transparency and performance of credit rating agencies, under fire for their role in the crisis.
Eddie George on independence and supervision
In 2000, Sir Eddie George, the former governor of the Bank of England who died at the weekend, spoke on the Bank's then new-found independence and the loss of its supervisory function
Bernanke stresses benefits of innovation
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has urged lawmakers to beware of regulating to prevent financial innovation, though he acknowledged that new products had to be transparent and understandable.
Portuguese-speaking states team up: Macao's Teng
Closer cooperation between financial regulators can enhance the positive impact of financial industry on the economy of Portuguese-speaking countries, said Anselmo Teng, the chairman of the Monetary Authority of Macao.
British regulator denies whistleblower claims
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the United Kingdom's financial regulator, has parried allegations made by a former employee that it had allowed building societies to become involved in areas of finance that they knew little about.