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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

EU must endorse IFRS 9 standard, commentators urge Commentators have urged the European Union to endorse the IFRS9 accounting standard currently being... >>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

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

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: 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

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

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