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Bank of England shoulders responsibility for prudential regulation
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer confirms the FSA is to be abolished and replaced with a new regulatory regime.
Where there’s a will…
Living wills have quickly emerged as a new measure to ensure banks are better prepared for the next crisis. But clear definitions of exactly what information they should contain and how they should be drawn are lacking
Goodhart: CoCos 'not silver bullets' for bank capital reform
Regulators should ban dividend payments or curb banker pay to conserve cash, instead of championing Cocos, says economist
Brussels backs bank tax to fund new resolution network
European Commission calls for a network of resolution funds to bear cost of winding down firms; cost covered through levy on lenders
Systemic risk regulators should direct policy not just give warnings, says HSBC's Haswell
Past experience suggests the new financial stability bodies should direct regulatory policies, not just warn about instability
EU struggles with cross-border crisis rules
Senior regulatory figures speak out on future legislation at a Brussels conference
Euro should not covet reserve role
Panellists in a new CentralBanking.com web seminar say becoming a reserve currency would hamper recovery
Where there’s a will…
Living wills have quickly emerged as a new measure to ensure banks are better prepared for the next crisis. But clear definitions of exactly what information they should contain and how they should be drawn up do not exist. Joel Clark reports
Where there's a (living) will
Living wills have quickly emerged as a new measure to ensure banks are better prepared for the next crisis. But clear definitions of exactly what information they should contain and how they should be drawn up do not exist.
Inflation outlook volatile, BoE warns
UK inflation will be “unusually volatile” in the coming months and could fall below 1% in the autumn, the Bank of England said in its quarterly inflation report today.
BoE allocates extra £50 billion for asset purchases
The Bank of England (BoE) will expand its asset purchase facility, or ‘quantitative easing’, by £50 billion to £175 billion, it said today.
Bank of England to buy up commercial paper
The Bank of England yesterday announced its intention to buy asset-backed commercial paper from struggling UK companies in a continuing effort to increase the flow of credit, starting on Monday August 3.
The future of systemic risk supervision
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