Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Westminster spells out Bank’s importance in new regulatory structure
Bank-led committee will instruct prudential regulator and consumer body on policy; Treasury asks industry players for input on broadening new body’s objectives
UK lawmakers launch inquiry into regulatory revamp
Influential Treasury Select Committee says it will launch investigation of government plans for new regulatory structure
FSA’s Turner: financial deepening has its limits
Financial Services Authority chairman Adair Turner says no clear relationship between financial deepening and growth in advanced economies over the past 30 years
UK FSA reorganisation happening quickly, says head of risk
The break-up of the UK Financial Services Authority is beginning to take shape, says the regulator's head of risk management
Europe hikes capital rules, slashes banker bonuses
Legislation adopted by European Parliament requires banks hold up to four times more capital to protect against trading risk; half of bankers’ bonuses to be paid in contingent capital
Second UK FSA managing director quits
British regulator announces the second resignation of a top-level official within the month; head of banking supervision Jon Pain says no role for him in new supervisory structure
UK officials must consider cultural factors in regulatory overhaul
Navigating the transition to Britain’s new regulatory regime is fraught with cultural challenges, writes Michael Foot
Denmark’s Bernstein proposes UK-style merger between central bank and regulator
National Bank of Denmark director Nils Bernstein says collaboration between the central bank and Financial Services Authority will sharpen supervisory powers
FSA heads push back on regulator's abolition
Chairman and chief executive of the UK regulator say decision to break it up is ill-timed
Former Bank staff sceptical on FSA split
Ex-Bank of England officials view cultural factors as barrier to success of UK government's plan to return prudential regulation to Bank
Financial Services Authority - Annual Report (2009/10)
UK Financial Services Authority's annual report discusses the regulator's transformation since the financial crisis
FSA’s Sants calls on regulators to judge banks' culture
UK Financial Services Authority chief Hector Sants says supervisors can no longer back away from judging whether culture in banks complies with accepted standards
FSA split as Britain switches to twin-peaks approach
Hector Sants to become deputy governor and chief executive of new prudential regulator, which moves to the Bank of England
UK FSA risk chief Dewar resigns
Financial Services Authority's head of risk Sally Dewar will leave the role in May 2011 as uncertainty persists over the regulator's future; Dewar to follow chief executive Hector Sants
Goodhart: CoCos 'not silver bullets' for bank capital reform
Regulators should ban dividend payments or curb banker pay to conserve cash, instead of championing CoCos, says economist
Interview: Howard Davies
The founding chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority discusses Britain’s new regulatory architecture, weaknesses in the European Central Bank’s voting arrangements, and how inflation targets need to change
An open letter to the chancellor of the exchequer
The UK government’s plans for financial regulation are far from clear, writes Bill Allen, a former deputy director at the Bank of England
Former head of UK FSA backs new British supervisory structure
Howard Davies says new coalition government was right to keep banking supervision out of Threadneedle Street
Inflation targets must account for financial stability: former FSA head
Ex-Bank of England deputy governor Howard Davies proposes more flexible inflation target that takes into account credit conditions
UK coalition gives Bank lead regulatory role
Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties agree to put Bank of England at the centre of financial regulation on Wednesday, stop short of abolishing FSA
Election uncertainty clouds future of FSA, Bank
Regulator could be swallowed by central bank if Conservatives win, but polls and analysts divided on most likely outcome
UK party leaders lock horns over breaking up banks
Liberal Democrat head supports Bank of England governor Mervyn King’s suggestion of splitting up banks by riskiness; disagreement on bank levies and regulator
Fund calls for two taxes on banks
Leaked IMF interim report suggests a broad levy, and a profits and salaries tax as contingency against the risk of future government bailouts; rejects Tobin tax idea
UK FSA to formally investigate Goldman Sachs
Financial Services Authority begins official probe into claims that the investment bank defrauded its clients following SEC lawsuit