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Green light for pensions The European Commission put out its green paper on pensions this month. Daniel Sage examines the good, the bad and the ugly >>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

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

Higher cap requirements top list of insurers' concerns The threat of higher capital requirements is the biggest regulatory concern facing insurers,... >>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

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

Ageing Asia and the challenge for pension systems An ageing population is an issue for many regions in the world but East Asia has particularly big hurdles to overcome in this area. Daniel Sage talks through the regulatory challenges for governments attempting to deal with huge socio-economic changes >>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

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

Commissioner Barnier announces climate-risk insurance review EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier has announced a detailed review of insurance schemes... >>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

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

Insuring against ageing populations As dependency ratios increase across Europe due to lower birth rates and increased longevity, a new organisation has been set up to investigate opportunities for a traded market in mortality-related risk >>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