Financial Regulatory Forum

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Britain’s banking association cast doubt on Wednesday on plans for a new national body to spot asset bubbles and stop them from getting out of control, saying its members were not sure how it would work.
(more…)

By Huw Jones
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct 8 (Reuters) – The UK’s Financial Services Authority hopes its rapid introduction of tougher liquidity rules for banks will help speed up and shape global rulemaking, its new international director said.

(more…)

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – A member of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors said on Wednesday it may be difficult to find international consensus on cross-border unwinding of troubled financial institutions.

(more…)

By John O’Donnell
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will combine future tests to check the health of the financial system, its vice president said, outlining his vision for a new watchdog to prevent further crises.

(more…)

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Group of 20 leaders on Friday designated themselves as the new forum for steering the world economy, ending the long reign of the G7 as the preeminent committee for guiding global growth:

The G20 leaders said their representatives would report back to them at the next meeting “on how to maximize the effectiveness of our cooperation”, and agreed to have a G20 summit in Canada in June 2010 and in Korea in November.
Meetings thereafter will probably be held annually, and France will be the host in 2011.

Following is a selection of analyst reactions:

(more…)

   By Sumeet Desai and Chris Buckley
   PITTSBURGH, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The Group of 20 will become the forum for global economic management, giving rising powers such as China more clout, and roll out tougher rules on bank capital by the end of 2012, a draft communique said on Friday. (more…)

    HELSINKI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Capital supports in Finland’s banking sector are strong enough to cushion it against crisis even if the economy turns clearly weaker than forecast in 2010-2011, the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority said. (more…)

   By Emily Kaiser and Darren Ennis
   PITTSBURGH, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The Group of 20 rich and developing countries were set to anoint themselves as caretakers of the global economy on Friday, giving rising stars such as China and India more say in world affairs. (more…)

By Jan Strupczewski
BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The European Union will support maintaining policies that poured trillions of dollars into economies and call on a G20 meeting for progress on trade talks to help boost a recovery, a draft policy document said.

(more…)