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THE BIG INTERVIEW: MARTIN SCHECK

Tuesday 13 Jul. 2010
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

NEWS

Econ chair says EU Parliament bureaucracy impedes work on financial reform

Tuesday 13 Jul, 2010
Chair of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee Sharon Bowles MEP has... >>READ MORE

ICMA chief says sovereign debt crisis is “most serious phase” of financial crisis so far

Tuesday 13 Jul, 2010
International Capital Market Association chief executive Martin Scheck says the financial crisis is... >>READ MORE

Monti “pessimistic” about future of the single market

Tuesday 13 Jul, 2010
Former European Commissioner Mario Monti says the single market is “more unpopular than ever”... >>READ MORE

EU must endorse IFRS 9 standard, commentators urge

Wednesday 30 Jun, 2010
Commentators have urged the European Union to endorse the IFRS9 accounting standard currently being... >>READ MORE

UK, Germany and France to introduce bank levy

Tuesday 22 Jun, 2010
The UK, German and French Governments have announced they will be introducing a bank levy from... >>READ MORE

Higher cap requirements top list of insurers' concerns

Monday 14 Jun, 2010
The threat of higher capital requirements is the biggest regulatory concern facing insurers,... >>READ MORE

ANALYSIS

Clearing a path through the derivatives maze

Tuesday 13 Jul, 2010
It has been a long time in coming but finally the European Commission has outlined its next steps in how it will be regulating the OTC derivative markets. Edmund Lakin takes a look at the latest consultation document >>READ MORE

Balancing Act

Tuesday 13 Jul, 2010
There is a growing call for balanced budgets to be introduced after the financial and sovereign debt crises. Bernadette Mill investigates the merits of such a system >>READ MORE

FEATURES

Mixed reactions to Mifid review

Tuesday 13 Jul, 2010
CESR’s consultation on the Mifid review has been greeted by a mixture of responses from stakeholders with a resounding lack of support for increasing pre-trade transparency in non equity markets >>READ MORE

Commission concerns

Tuesday 13 Jul, 2010
President Barroso’s European Commission has been in place for almost six months but commentators are not convinced by its leadership or the action it has taken to tackle the sovereign debt crisis >>READ MORE

FOCUS ON

Brazil: Bucking the trend

Tuesday 13 Jul, 2010
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

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OPINION

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
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Economic tectonics, financial crises & the new Middle East In the second of a series of articles on the Middle East, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority chief economist Dr Nasser Saidi says that a new world order is required with the West no longer being the centre of the economic world
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