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News analysis

• ECB ratings change could cause deal flood

  01 December 2009

  The European Central Bank's (ECB) requirement of two qualified ratings on asset-backed securitisations (ABS) could force a rush of struggling institutions to originate new deals

• Building a department

  01 December 2009

  A new legal team in a new bank, launched in the middle of a financial crisis. It was a big challenge for Noor Bank's head of legal, Omar Rahman

• Five big pitfalls in Asia

  01 December 2009

  Companies are often like a frog in a well: a narrow perspective of the FCPA means they lose sight of local law and hide behind local practices

• A culture, not a programme

  01 December 2009

  The compliance leader, Asean of GE Capital gives his thoughts on creating effective internal compliance

• A debate with the SFC

  01 November 2009

  The Securities and Futures Commission's defence of its investigation techniques. And the market's response to that defence

• Clearing isn't working, yet

  01 November 2009

  Market-driven reform of derivatives has been impressive. But the most controversial instruments have yet to be dealt with. A solution must be found, fast

• Radical proposals in Australia

  01 October 2009

  Commissions and payments for financial advice would be banned. Financial products could also be regulated

• Private equity could save the day

  01 October 2009

  If regulators can streamline the bidding process, the new rules letting private equity buy troubled banks will help save the US deposit insurance fund

• How Asian funds will avoid EU directive

  01 September 2009

• FSA crackdown conflicts with US disclosure

  01 September 2009

• AIFM directive: Be careful what you wish for

  01 September 2009

  Supporters of the draft Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive need to start planning now to deal with the impact on national regulators

• A waste of energy

  20 August 2009

  Can we please get off the merry-go-round? Replacing the FSA will solve nothing about UK regulation

• How should derivatives be regulated?

  01 July 2009

  Over-the-counter products have earned themselves a poor reputation over the past two years, but new regulation should be careful not to destroy them completely

• Don't give it to the Bank

  01 July 2009

  There is little evidence that the Bank of England would have coped better in this financial crisis than the FSA

• Obama is dressing up old, failed ideas

  01 July 2009

  By creating his new foundation of US regulators, US President Barack Obama is just using the same flawed regulators under new titles. By Kyle Siskey

• Still waiting for clarity

  01 July 2009

  Vague drafting and political one-upmanship is getting in the way of concrete legislation, but the inevitable is just being delayed

• Local power, no solution

  01 July 2009

  The regulation about to come into force will create arbitrage between national supervisors, stunt international cooperation and fail to solve the problems with ratings themselves

• Alarming lessons from Siemens

  01 July 2009

  The US is aggressively pursuing corruption, everywhere

• Wrestling Fannie and Freddie

  01 July 2009

  Isda's David Geen relates the late nights and controversy surrounding the collapse of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Lehman Brothers