Financial crisis

FSF details reform proposals

A leverage ratio, less risky pay deals and closer work on cross-border contingency planning are among the measures for a new global regulatory code outlined by the Financial Stability Forum on Wednesday.

Recovery a long way off: Wellink

Despite strong interventions, recovery of the banking system seems a long way off, said Nout Wellink, the president of the Netherlands Bank and chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

ECB's Bini Smaghi: go easy with easing

It is unsound to ease monetary policy too much too soon, even when insuring against the worst-case deflationary scenario, said Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, a member of the European Central Bank's executive board.

New Zealand will suffer, says Bollard

New Zealand's economy has its strengths but it will not escape unscathed from the global crisis, Alan Bollard, the governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, has warned.

Interview: Paul De Grauwe

The major central banks have responded differently to the global financial and economic crisis, threatening a return to beggar-thyneighbour policies, Paul De Grauwe tells Malan Rietveld

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