Financial Regulatory Forum

By Simon Rabinovitch and John O’Donnell
BEIJING/BRUSSELS, Sept 23 (Reuters) – China offered some support on Wednesday to U.S. plans to build a more balanced global economy, as world leaders seek to agree ways to nurture a tentative recovery and prevent future crises.
The European Union unveiled its blueprint for an overhaul of the way banks and financial markets are policed, with plans for a banking super-watchdog and a pan-European supervisor that it hopes can be replicated on the global stage.

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By Darren Ennis and Jan Strupczewski
BRUSSELS, Sept 17 (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to seek curbs on bankers’ bonuses at next week’s G20 summit and said they wanted evidence the recession is over before they stop spending to prop up their economies.

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Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed on Monday  increasing federal oversight of the Chicago Climate Exchange’s carbon spot contract. (more…)

   By Darren Ennis and Krittivas Mukherjee
   L’AQUILA, Italy, July 8 (Reuters) – G8 leaders believe the world economy still faces “significant risks” and may need further help, according to summit draft documents that also reflect failure to agree climate change goals for 2050. (more…)