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Banking Banana Skins 2010

Banking Banana Skins 2010

26 May 2010

Banking Banana Skins 2010, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, puts together a league table identifying potential sources of risks to banks and ranks them by severity. With political interference as this years top risk and too much regulation at number three, the concern is that the financial crisis has taken the banking industry’s future out of its own hands.

Topics: Regulation Risk

Review of the Differentiated Nature and Scope of Regulation

Review of the Differentiated Nature and Scope of Regulation

12 Jan 2010

This report analyses key issues arising from the differentiated nature of financial regulation in the international banking, insurance, and securities sectors. It also addresses gaps arising from the scope of financial regulation as it relates to different financial activities, with a particular focus on certain unregulated or lightly regulated entities or activities.

Topics: Basel Committee Credit Crisis Regulation

Improving the Quality of Regulations

Improving the Quality of Regulations

29 Dec 2009

Better regulation is necessary for economic recovery, to manage risks and to cut unnecessary red tape. How can countries make regulations fit for this challenge? How can they avoid imposing additional regulatory burdens on businesses coping with the effects of the financial crisis? A good system of regulatory management systematically helps to identify the best choice of policy options. It reduces unnecessary burdens on citizens and businesses and promotes transparency in the design of and access to regulations while protecting health, safety, and the environment.

Topics: OECD Regulation

OECD Policy Framework for Effective and Efficient Financial Regulation

OECD Policy Framework for Effective and Efficient Financial Regulation

04 Dec 2009

Increasing transparency is key for more effective regulation. The complexity and opaqueness of products made risk assessment difficult for firms and investors and hindered market transparency, a major cause of the crisis.

Topics: OECD Regulation

Final Report of the Independent Review of British Offshore Centres

Final Report of the Independent Review of British Offshore Centres

30 Oct 2009

The Foot Review examines future financial supervision, transparency, taxation, financial crime and international co-operation as well as the role of these jurisdictions in the global financial services industry and covers the three crown dependencies and six Overseas Territories.

Topics: Caribbean Crown Dependencies Offshore Regulation Risk Tax UK

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