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Q & A: CESR chairman Eddy Wymeersch
Eddy Wymeersch, chairman of the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR), talks to Risk about the effects the financial crisis will have on regulators and central banks.
Bank of England appoints new financial stability head
Andrew Haldane will replace Nigel Jenkinson as executive director for financial stability at the Bank of England from January 1 2009.
G-7 plan of action
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$700bn Tarp might only take equity in healthy banks, hints US Treasury
As well as buying up mortgage-backed securities, the US Treasury’s $700 billion rescue facility - the Troubled Asset Relief Programme (Tarp) will be used to buy equity in a variety of financial institutions. However, Tarp will be "designed with…
FSF releases update on April recommendations
The Financial Stability Forum (FSF) – - on October 10 released a follow-up to its April white paper, Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience.
RBS and HBOS bosses quit
The top executives at two of the UK’s biggest banks are to go following the announcement of a £37 billion government rescue package.
Ex-Lehman banker joins Standard Chartered
Christian Wait, former New York-based global head of credit sales at Lehman Brothers, has been appointed global head of capital markets at Standard Chartered, the emerging markets-focused bank listed in London and Hong Kong.
Fed discusses CDS clearing house options
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is today in discussions with interested parties over the establishment of a central clearing house for credit default swaps (CDSs).
David Peniket
David Peniket, president and COO of ICE Futures Europe, talks to Roderick Bruce about making bold decisions
Safe to come out?
As energy traders take stock after the unprecedented market turmoil of September, the Energy Risk team asks a range of key players what effects they expect the investment banking crisis to have on commodities trading and risk management