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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

US $19bn bank tax splits the Senate The US Senate will vote this month on the Financial Reform Bill after three Republicans said they... >>READ MORE

IFCs play key role in boosting growth in developing countries In an extract from his latest research paper, Professor Jason Sharman of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University in Australia explodes the myth that international financial centres are the primary problem in attracting and hosting illicit funds from the developing world >>READ MORE

Monti “pessimistic” about future of the single market Former European Commissioner Mario Monti says the single market is “more unpopular than ever”... >>READ MORE

UK, Germany and France to introduce bank levy The UK, German and French Governments have announced they will be introducing a bank levy from... >>READ MORE

Magic bullet or fairytale? Examining the arguments for a financial transaction tax Suggestions for a levy on financial transactions gained global support earlier this year but have since been eclipsed by other alternatives. Daniel Sage examines the options available and whether global consensus is achievable >>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

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

‘Green growth’ no longer a niche player Climate Change and its opportunities to foster growth is no longer “just a niche” according to... >>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

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

“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

“Too big to fail banks should pay tax for privilege” says French finance minister Lagarde French finance minister Christine Lagarde has called for institutions that are too big to fail to... >>READ MORE

European Banking Federation slams IMF’s financial activities tax The European Banking Federation has slammed the International Monetary Fund’s proposals to... >>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

CCCTB plans are “back on the agenda” Plans to revive the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base are well underway in Brussels with new... >>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

EU commits to broaden scope of code of conduct on tax to third countries A senior EU official has signalled the Commission’s intention to press on with steps to implement... >>READ MORE

Growing impetus for global financial transaction tax Momentum is growing in Europe and the US for the introduction of a financial transaction tax to... >>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