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Financial Stability Board Publishes Thematic Review on Deposit Insurance Systems

The Financial Stability Board has published a Peer Review Report on deposit insurance schemes which points to the trade-off between financial stability and market discipline, and warns about the dangers of moral hazard.

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Financial Services Authority Speech on Implementing the ‘Twin Peaks’ Model

Hector Sants, the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority has outlined his vision of the “new world” of regulation in a recent speech.

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Geneva Association Reports on Insurance and Resolution in Light of the Systemic Risk Debate

This new report from the Geneva Association looks at the relationship between insurance wind-downs and systemic risk, concluding that frameworks for dealing with such risks in banking would be a poor guide to necessary changes in insurance.

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Financial Services Authority Publishes 2011 Consumer Awareness Survey

The UK’s Financial Services Authority has published its 2011 Consumer Awareness survey, an annual report in operation since 2003.

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Friday, February 3, 2012

US Treasury Secretary Warns on Potential for “Undue Damage” of New Rules

In a speech discussing the state of US financial reform, Timothy Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, has stated that bank supervisors must be careful “not to overdo it with actions that cause undue damage to the availability of credit or liquidity to markets.”

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Friday, February 3, 2012

European Securities and Markets Authority Publishes Central Repository of Credit Rating Agency Performance Statistics

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a central repository of credit rating statistics and the historical performance of credit rating agencies.

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Financial Services Authority Supports MiFID II Proposals While Raising Concerns

The Financial Services Authority has supported a number of the initiatives contained in the European Commission’s MiFID II proposals, while highlighting a number of issues which the FSA considers to be problematic.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report Calls for Incentives for Disclosure

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has issued a Staff Report arguing that the existing regime for information disclosure is primarily one of compliance, and that to improve corporate governance, reforms should be directed toward providing incentives for disclosure, rather than mandating it.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

International Monetary Fund Questions Whether Bank’s Risk-Weighted Assets Are a Credible Measure of Risk

A new working paper published by the International Monetary Fund argues that there remains a divergence between market assessments of risk and regulatory assessments of risk.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

UK Treasury Publishes Financial Services Bill

The UK Government has published its Financial Services Bill, which overhauls the structure of financial regulation in the UK.

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Friday, January 27, 2012

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