G-20 Is Nearing Accord on Capital Rules
posted by Bretton Woods Project news feed on finance | Mon, 07/06/2010 - 16:57The world's leading economic powers edged toward agreement on new rules to ensure that major banks keep enough money in reserve to insulate them against future crises.
Britain's new government and EU set to clash over hedge funds | Reuters
posted by Bretton Woods Project news feed on finance | Fri, 14/05/2010 - 12:03Britain's new coalition government faces its first brush with the European Union next week as the bloc's finance ministers are on course to back tough new rules on hedge funds against UK wishes.
Ending ‘Too Big to Fail’ - Simon Johnson
posted by Bretton Woods Project news feed on finance | Wed, 14/04/2010 - 15:47Germany to host financial regulation summit May 20
posted by Bretton Woods Project news feed on finance | Wed, 14/04/2010 - 15:20Germany says it will host an international conference on May 20 to discuss regulatory and supervisory reform of financial markets.
Why Britain has to curb finance
posted by pchowla | Fri, 22/05/2009 - 11:06The UK has a strategic nightmare: it has a strong comparative advantage in the world’s most irresponsible industry. So now, in the wake of the biggest financial crisis since the 1930s, the UK must ask itself a painful question: how should the country manage the cuckoo sitting in its nest?
Obama Proposes a First Overhaul of Finance Rules
posted by pchowla | Mon, 18/05/2009 - 13:38In its first detailed effort to overhaul financial regulations, the Obama administration on Wednesday sought new authority over the complex financial instruments, known as derivatives, that were a major cause of the financial crisis and have gone largely unregulated for decades.