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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

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

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

ICMA chief says sovereign debt crisis is “most serious phase” of financial crisis so far International Capital Market Association chief executive Martin Scheck says the financial crisis is... >>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

Brazil tightens corporate governance to mirror EU rules The Brazilian Stock Exchange and Commodities and Futures Exchange in São Paulo has proposed tighter... >>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

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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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

“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

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

Cross-border banking conference seeks crisis management framework A conference, hosted by the European Commission, on Building a Crisis Management Framework for the... >>READ MORE

Banks set to sell off insurance arms due to capital requirements threat Banks may sell off their insurance arms due to stringent capital requirements being brought in under... >>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

Tied products set to unravel The European Commission is scrutinising the tying and cross-selling of products in a bid to end anti-competitive practices that reduce customer mobility and price transparency >>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

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

Bruegel discusses China's emergence as global player Bruegel Director Jean Pisani-Ferry discusses the emergence of China as a key economic and global... >>READ MORE