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HSBC's Green shames 'greedy and short-termist' financial pay
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Basel implementation chief: no need for Basel III
Modifications being made to Basel II are sufficient to tackle the flaws in the framework and "we are certainly not going in the direction of Basel III", according to the chair of the standards implementation group of the Basel Committee on Banking…
Turner: Capital and liquidity are core of bank regulation
Banking supervision must focus on better capital and liquidity standards, said Adair Turner, chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA).
EU overhaul of financial supervision raises questions
Ambitious plans laid out by the European Commission to revamp the supervisory framework of the European financial markets have raised concerns about the possible implications of creating new supervisory bodies.
Industry bodies release G20 regulatory reform paper
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UK’s FSA sets sights on retail banking
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BBA publishes conclusions on Basel II Pillar III
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No changes to Libor, says BBA
The British Bankers' Association has ruled out major changes to its Libor fixing, despite criticism earlier this year that the widely used interbank rate had become unreliable.
Compensation culture
Incentive Risk
Bankers' incentives blamed for crisis
In the wake of the credit crisis, senior bankers and regulators are considering changes to incentive programmes, which might have encouraged traders to make short-term bets without considering long-term risks.
BBA favours colleges of supervisors
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Libor's true colours
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Governments must focus on financial crime
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Strength in numbers
Data consortiums for loss information are popping up all over the globe. Why are they proving so popular? Duncan Wood reports
Batting for British banks
Angela Knight, chairperson of the British Bankers' Association, talks to Nick Kochan about her hard-earned reputation as the scourge of the international regulatory community
A compliance can of worms?
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Credit derivatives to hit $33 trillion by 2008, says BBA
The global market for credit derivatives is expected to reach $33 trillion by the end of 2008, according to a British Bankers’ Association (BBA) report released at its credit derivatives conference last week.
A Cleaner Act for Credit Derivatives
As credit volumes have increased, firms must grapple with price transparency and operational risk.
Home-host hearing raises key issues
LONDON – Although the tone of the October 5 public hearing at the secretariat of the Commission of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) on guidelines for greater supervisory co-operation between consolidating supervisors and host supervisors (CP-09) was…
UK speeds towards Basel II implementation
LONDON – Momentum is gathering at the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) for the implementation of Basel II in the island nation.
FSA to skip QIS4 to concentrate on QIS5
LONDON – The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) will not be participating in a quantitative impact study four (QIS4), but will instead focus on providing information for a QIS5, according to a letter from the regulator to industry association…
Credit derivatives professionals slam IAS
Financial market participants have slammed International Accounting Standard 39 (IAS 39) for financial hedge instruments, according to a British Bankers' Association (BBA) credit derivatives survey.