Financial Regulation related content 

International standards could be held up by a year. The implementation of tighter international standards dictating how much information companies have to include in their...

When the regulated do not like the regulation, they jeopardise the regulator's career. Should we worry for Andrea Enria? Central bankers should not only be above suspicion of...

MEPs and industry fear credit squeeze. Disagreements over new rules on bank capital look set to put officials from Denmark, which holds the rotating presidency of the Council...

City of London's role as a financial centre could be usefully fed into EU thinking. Could I make a suggestion? In the interest of Europe's financial markets, the European...

Revision aims to promote competition in the clearing of securities. The latest of the European Commission's crucial financial regulation reforms is expected to be unveiled...

Member states and MEPs reach compromise to restrict speculation as part of limits on short-selling. The European Union has agreed to ban ‘naked' credit default swaps...

Legislation pitted the United Kingdom against the rest of the EU. The member states of the EU have reached agreement on the trading of derivatives – a crucial piece of...

Commission seeks tough rules on trading. The European Commission is considering forcing more competition into the way stock exchanges trade and clear securities as part of...

Revision of the Capital Requirements Directive will “change the behaviour of 8,000 banks". The European Commission has unveiled tough new rules for banks that would...

The structures have been put in place, now comes the tricky task of pushing through huge amounts of financial legislation. It is four years since the waves of the global...

The EU wants to push through a wide range of financial-service reforms, but critics are concerned that too much is being attempted. It is not hard to see why 2011 could be...

It took a great deal of effort to set up three independent EU financial authorities, and arguments persist. An overhaul of the EU's system of financial supervision has been...

Rules aim to prevent more bank bail-outs but Barnier under pressure from member states. The European Commission is determined to set harmonised rules on the level of capital...

Commission under fire for approach to new rules on bank capital and liquidity. Seven EU finance ministers have written to the European Commission criticising its ...

Compromise deal aims to improve transparency. Finance ministers have reached a compromise deal to limit and improve the transparency of two of the trading practices that...

Ban on ‘naked' short selling can be suspended if liquidity of debt falls below threshold. EU member states' finance ministers have reached a deal intended to limit and...

Disagreement over how to regulate short-selling. Finance ministers will meet in Brussels on 17 May as negotiations on proposals for tighter financial regulation and economic...

In praise of France's bid to regulate the food markets. The European Commission's 11th-hour decision, made under French pressure, to put on hold the publication of the...

New authorities announce first names for top jobs.

The chairman of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors has been thrust into the limelight by the banking stress tests. Giovanni Carosio is a no-nonsense kind of...