Financial Services Authority (FSA)

FSA pushes for covert Bank support

The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK's financial regulator, has devised a proposal to allow the Bank of England to provide lender-of-last-resort support in secret.

Central Bank of Ireland - Annual Report 2007

The Irish economy will suffer a significant reduction in output growth this year, John Hurley, the governor of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland, says in the latest edition of the institution's Annual Report.

Lord Turner new FSA chairman

Alistair Darling, the British chancellor of the exchequer, has announced the appointment of Lord Adair Turner as chairman of the Financial Services Authority for a period of 5 years.

The role of central banks in financial stability

At a time when many governments and central banks are struggling to distil the key lessons of the crisis, one of the main finding is that the central bank needs the appropriate powers if it is to assume responsibility for systemic financial stability.

A book launch to remember

One of those events that London does so well took place Thursday, 1 May, at the London School of Economics (LSE) where there was a short debate and a longer drinks party to launch 'Global Financial Regulation - The Essential Guide', written by Howard…

Probe into rumour-mongering widens

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) in Britain is teaming up with other financial services watchdogs as part of an expanding investigation into allegations of market abuses surrounding sudden drops in the share prices of financial institutions.

FSA to launch probe as Bank counters HBOS rumours

The British financial regulator has confirmed that it is to investigate share dealing made on the back of rumours that HBOS, a British bank, was short of liquidity. The Bank of England has also taken the highly unusual step of calling the British press…

Irish economy to weaken in 2008

The Central Bank & Financial Services Authority of Ireland on Friday said that the pace of growth was set to fall this year as a result of both international and domestic factors.

Glum findings in latest FSA report

Financial markets could be more vulnerable to external shocks in 2008, the latest risk outlook published by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the British single regulator, finds.

The FSA Handbook: a Practical Guide and Update

With the focus of markets on the regulatory response to the current crisis, the launch of this tenth guide to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) handbook, to be held in London on 6 February, is expected to be a popular event.

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