Ageing Asia and the challenge for pension systems
Wednesday 12 May 2010 | Daniel Sage
An ageing population is an issue for many regions in the world but East Asia has particularly big hurdles to overcome in this area. Daniel Sage talks through the regulatory challenges for governments attempting to deal with huge socio-economic changes
Counteracting the domino effect
Wednesday 12 May 2010 | Edmund Lakin
Global regulators are united in their view that the failure of individual financial institutions must never again be allowed to bring the economy to its knees. Edmund Lakin examines the options on the table
Banks unite in concerns over capital requirements directive
Wednesday 12 May 2010 | Luke Nelson
The capital requirement proposals published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December have resulted in a global response from banks. Luke Nelson analyses both the shared and divergent opinions in the responses
The Big Interview: Sharon Bowles, Arlene McCarthy and Vicky Ford
Wednesday 28 Apr 2010 | Nicola York
Three of the UK's MEPs who sit on the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee set out their hopes and fears for the financial sector in 2010 and talk about their priorities for the Committee
Book Review - Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street
Monday 29 Mar 2010 | Ben Collins
Too Big to Fail is an account of the credit crisis of 2008 written by Andrew Ross Sorkin, a reporter from the New York Times.
It is the story of the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers,...
The Hot Seat: Sebastian Fairhurst
Monday 29 Mar 2010 | Nicola York
In the Hot Seat this month is the European Financial Services Round Table secretary general who voices concerns over the fragmentary approach countries are taking to tackle the financial crisis
Insuring against ageing populations
Sunday 28 Mar 2010 | Chris Jackson
As dependency ratios increase across Europe due to lower birth rates and increased longevity, a new organisation has been set up to investigate opportunities for a traded market in mortality-related risk
How to define standardised derivatives
Sunday 28 Mar 2010 | Ed Lakin
The G20 charged policymakers across the world to reform the derivatives market but there are a few knotty issues still to untie
Tied products set to unravel
Sunday 28 Mar 2010 | Helena Walsh
The European Commission is scrutinising the tying and cross-selling of products in a bid to end anti-competitive practices that reduce customer mobility and price transparency
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