World news about “Financial regulation” published by euronews.
Regulating banker bonuses After a financial crisis that many blame on the highly paid high-flyers of the banking world, politicians are responding to public anger by cracking down on… 04/04/2013
‘Broken’ Libor can be fixed says UK watchdog Britain’s top financial watchdog says it will fix the Libor rate setting system rather than scrap it. Libor was hit by scandal when it was discovered some… 28/09/2012
Call for criminal sanctions for Libor abuse Europe’s top regulatory official is set to propose new rules that would criminalise the manipulation of benchmarks such as Libor. Michel Barnier wants to… 09/07/2012
Rating agencies in the spotlight Arnaud from Brussels asks: “My question for European officials is: how far are we going to let rating agencies dictate how European stock markets are run, and… 09/03/2012
Europe Weekly: Tobin or not Tobin This week our current affairs round-up concerning all things Europe takes a look at the Tobin tax. The man it is named after, economist James Tobin, said… 13/01/2012
Financial transaction tax to divide Europe? The discussions on the financial transaction tax dominated the beginning of the week – and is likely to divide Europe: Some countries like France want to… 13/01/2012
France and Germany push controversial Tobin tax The idea of taxing financial transactions has resurfaced with both Paris and Berlin agreeing such a levy in the EU should be imposed. France, in… 09/01/2012
UK’s Cameron vows to block EU-wide financial taxBritain is once again on a collision course with its EU partners France and Germany. This time it is the prospect of a European-wide financial transaction… 08/01/2012
