By Paul Taylor
PARIS, Sept 3 (Reuters) – By jumping on the Franco-German bandwagon to curb bankers’ bonuses, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is playing a political game.
Many regulators don’t believe that regulating pay will make the financial system more stable. Rather, as Adair Turner, the chairman of Britain’s FSA has observed, the problem lies in the excessive profitability of banks — a function of regulatory arbitrage and inadequate competition. (more…)



