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Sovereign health The rapid growth in sovereign wealth funds and issues around transparency have sparked off fears over the safety of investing in the funds but is there any foundation to these fears? Andrew Hickley investigates >>READ MORE

Squaring the circle of financial intermediation Czech National Bank vice-governor Mojmír Hampl, who is also a member of the European Union’s economic and financial committee, is concerned by the perfectionists who are out in force on the regulation front >>READ MORE

Econ chair says EU Parliament bureaucracy impedes work on financial reform Chair of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Sharon Bowles MEP has... >>READ MORE

The Big Interview: Martin Scheck The International Capital Market Association chief executive talks to GFS about the sovereign debt crisis, the lack of harmonisation both in Europe and globally and what is most concerning ICMA members at present >>READ MORE

Brazil: Bucking the trend While Europe continues to be held in the midst of a financial crisis, developing countries, particularly Brazil, are leading the way both in terms of growth and financial regulatory reform. >>READ MORE

The flash crash On 6 May, the Dow Jones index had its biggest one-day drop in history. Luke Nelson takes a look at the causes and what is being done to prevent it from happening again >>READ MORE

Holding the Euro together As sovereign debt in the European Union threatens to destabilise the euro. Tim Gieles and Helena Walsh look at how the eurozone got here and examine the potential solutions on offer >>READ MORE

The end of the road for convergence over accounting standards? The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants head of financial reporting Richard Martin voices his concerns that global accounting standards may never be attained due to the split in approach between the two standard setting bodies >>READ MORE

Book Review - The Fearful Rise of Markets: A Short View of Global Bubbles and Synchronised Meltdowns Published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall in May 2010 In the current debate over the financial... >>READ MORE

Caught short Germany’s decision to ban naked short selling has done it no favours on the global stage and the government was widely criticised for acting unilaterally. Bernadette Mill examines the implications >>READ MORE

Leading commentators call for overhaul of G20 process The chair of the European Committee on the Financial Crisis and the chairman of the Alternative... >>READ MORE

European inaction on banks is costing time and money Bruegel’s senior fellow Nicolas Véron says European banking reform is as urgent as addressing the fiscal deficit and says failing to achieve a restructuring of banks could have devastating consequences >>READ MORE

ICMA and EU Commission face-off in blame game for financial crisis Outgoing European Commission deputy director general for DG Markt David Wright came to blows with... >>READ MORE

UK minister warns EU not to replace national supervisors The European Union needs common standards on supervision but national supervisors should not be... >>READ MORE

Collaboration ‘vital’ to US and EU reform, says Barnier European Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier travelled to Washington DC last month, his... >>READ MORE

US financial stability bill divides opinion The US Senate passed the Financial Stability Bill on May 21, bringing sweeping reform of banking... >>READ MORE

The Hot Seat: Wolf Klinz In the Hot Seat this month is Wolf Klinz MEP and chair of the European special committee on the financial, economic and social crisis. He talks about the need for Europe to speak as one voice on the global stage and what will be in the forthcoming final report of the committee >>READ MORE

The Big Interview: Todd Groome The Alternative Investment Management Association chairman talks to GFS about the damage the AIFM directive could do to the industry, what is wrong with Brussels and the future of alternative investments >>READ MORE

SEC says Financial Stability Board “should not lead new regulatory architecture” The US Securities and Exchange Commission has said the Financial Stability Board may not be the... >>READ MORE

The Big Interview: Eddy Wymeersch The Committee of European Securities Regulators chairman talks to GFS about Goldman Sachs, dark pools, AIFMD and regulators always being behind the curve >>READ MORE

Book Review - The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis Published by W. W. Norton & Company... >>READ MORE

Consumer protection or just more red tape? Bernadette Mill takes a look at the Obama administration’s proposals for a Consumer Protection Agency and finds opinion is divided over the merits of such an organisation >>READ MORE

Counteracting the domino effect Global regulators are united in their view that the failure of individual financial institutions must never again be allowed to bring the economy to its knees. Edmund Lakin examines the options on the table >>READ MORE

A Greek bail-out may lead to questions over Lisbon treaty The Finance Ministers of the 16 Euro zone countries have pledged to guarantee the debt of any member... >>READ MORE

Costs of current regulatory reforms could reach $200bn in first year Regulatory reform in US markets is heading in the right direction but the current package of reforms... >>READ MORE

“Emerging markets key to global recovery” says Citigroup ceo Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit has said an economic recovery in emerging markets will be a... >>READ MORE

BIS says global bank regs to be finalised by end of 2010 Reform to global banking regulation will be settled by the end of 2010 according to Bank for... >>READ MORE

Postcard from America: Full steam ahead for financial reform now that healthcare bill is done US policymakers who have until very recently been so totally obsessed with healthcare reform have... >>READ MORE

Hung Parliament in UK leads to question marks over future direction of financial regulation David Cameron’s centre-right Conservatives fell 20 short of the 326 seats they required to form a... >>READ MORE

The Big Interview: Sharon Bowles, Arlene McCarthy and Vicky Ford Three of the UK's MEPs who sit on the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee set out their hopes and fears for the financial sector in 2010 and talk about their priorities for the Committee >>READ MORE

Book Review - Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street Too Big to Fail is an account of the credit crisis of 2008 written by Andrew Ross Sorkin, a reporter... >>READ MORE

The Hot Seat: Sebastian Fairhurst In the Hot Seat this month is the European Financial Services Round Table secretary general who voices concerns over the fragmentary approach countries are taking to tackle the financial crisis >>READ MORE

Passing of Healthcare Bill means Financial Reform takes poll position in Obama’s priorities Financial regulatory reform will be back in poll position on the US legislative agenda now that... >>READ MORE

Barroso warns markets to act on “fact not fiction” after Greek bail-out package is agreed Eurozone leaders have backed a plan to provide financial assistance to Greece. Under the terms... >>READ MORE

A year in the life of the Financial Stability Board As the Financial Stability Board approaches its first anniversary, secretary general Svein Andresen talks to GFS about what it has achieved and the mountain of work still to be done >>READ MORE

Wrangling over European supervisory framework rumbles on Can the European Commission and the European Parliament agree on proposals for a new supervisory framework? >>READ MORE

Don't make international financial centres the scapegoat Stikeman Elliott LLP international tax principal Richard Hay argues that so-called tax havens have been given a rough ride in the wake of the crisis despite having robust regulation in place >>READ MORE

Overcoming the crisis and moving forward The European Banking Federation secretary general Guido Ravoet outlines nine principles he believes regulators and legislators should follow to ensure the vitality of banking in Europe >>READ MORE