Sir John Vickers
Vickers renews criticism of BoE systemic buffer
Blanket 3% buffer would better support ring-fencing, Vickers tells Tyrie
EC bank reforms would leave lenders unable to hedge
European proposal limits risk management tools to clearable swaps only, preventing options-based hedges
Double trouble: UK banks face threat of twin ringfences
The post-crisis years have been punctuated by calls for big banks to be broken up. Nothing quite that dramatic is happening, but ring-fencing proposals in Europe – and a de facto fence around foreign banks in the US – are nudging the industry towards a…
US agencies "extremely focused" on Volcker rule, says Dept of Treasury
Overseer of Volcker rule work says five US agencies should produce a single rule – and are not planning to harmonise it with Europe's ring-fencing proposals
Vickers implementation provokes operational risk concerns
Unanswered questions remain over the implementation of Vickers by 2019
Q&A: Christian Clausen on bank capital, systemic risk buffers and bail-in debt
Hitting the buffers
Risk 25 firms of the future: Basel Committee
Implementing rules and filling in gaps
UK government rejection of ICB leverage ratio favours lending over stability, expert says
Rejection of ICB's leverage recommendation puts lending above stability, according to legal expert
Worse than we thought
Worse than we thought
Lords take Vickers to task over robustness of plans
Vickers faced fierce questioning on Independent Commission on Banking’s final report and recommendations; incentive for banks to cheat the system discussed
Bank pension schemes compromised by Vickers report
The UK's Independent Commission on Banking proposals could have unintended consequences for financial services pension schemes
ICB report: banks face higher costs, lower ratings
Ring-fence furore
Video: BBA gives first, exclusive views on the ICB report
In an exclusive interview, the BBA discusses whether the ICB should have looked more closely at other separation models for its final report on financial stability in the UK
ICB's ring-fencing may spell the end for free banking
Industry experts fear ring-fencing of banks' retail operations as proposed in the ICB's interim report may spell the end for free banking in the UK