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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...

Commission wants funds to hold more money but industry says costs will be too high. Occupational pension funds are warning against new European Union-wide requirements that...

Group will look at whether banks' retail and investment banking activities should be separated. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner for the internal market, has pledged...

Asian markets close with gains; European shares rise in early trading. Stock markets in Asia and Europe rallied after eurozone leaders early this morning struck a deal for...

White paper to call for later retirement ages. László Andor, the European commissioner for employment, social affairs and inclusion, will within weeks present...

Crédit Agricole and Société Generale downgraded. Moody's, a credit-rating agency, yesterday (14 September) downgraded its rating of two of France's...

Deep divisions over proposed pay-and-pension reforms Staff unions and the European Commission will sit down to a first round of negotiations today (15 September) to bridge...

Unsustainable trends put questions of retirement age and pension funding in the spotlight. Last October more than three million people protested on the streets of France...

UN says foreign direct investment rose in 2010. Global flows of foreign direct investment have begun rebounding from three years of decline with a rise of 5% in 2010,...

Commission to propose review of EU staff pay as eight member states call for spending cut. Maroš Šefcovic, the European Commissioner for inter-institutional relations and...

Antitrust investigation into 16 banks. The European Commission today announced that it has opened two antitrust investigations into the credit default swaps (CDS) market,...

The US treasury secretary appears in thrall to the self-serving ideology of big banks. In a recent interview, Timothy Geithner, the US treasury secretary, laid out his view...

Commission wants to prohibit so-called “hidden fees” that banks levy on each other. Savings banks are opposed to European Commission plans to prevent banks from charging...

Concil of Ministers agrees to pay rise for EU staff. The Council of Ministers has agreed to award officials working for the European Union institutions the rest of a 3.7%...

Eleven countries want a change in the rules on how public-debt levels are worked out. EU finance ministers are to discuss the impact of pension reforms on calculations...

Consultation to begin on packaged retail investment products. The European Commission is expected to begin a consultation on packaged retail investment products (Prips)...

MEPs to vote on compromise deal with the Council The European Parliament will hold a plenary session in Brussels next week at which the most important issue will be a vote...

Approval of tighter economic governance hinges on how pension reform is reflected in debt calculations. EU leaders meeting in Brussels today (29 October) are trying to agree...

Advice for City of London lobbyists. As a warm-up act for the closing round of negotiations with the Council of Ministers on a law to regulate hedge funds, Sharon Bowles,...

National governments say early-retirement schemes for EU staff are too generous Early-retirement schemes for European Union staff are over-used and over-generous, according...