Other countries are tipped to follow the UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) lead and soften bank capital requirements ahead of Basel III implementation
Questions as to whether criminal sanctions for manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) will have retrospective effect have dominated the market reaction to this morning’s release of the Wheatley Libor Review’s final report
German support for an EU banking union increased after the European Commissioner Michel Barnier clarified that national regulators will continue to have a role. But non-eurozone member states remain unconvinced
The first lawsuit against the US foreign investment regulator reveals a spike in US protectionism, and problems with the national security review of inbound investments
Deal counsel analyse the French deal that revived the use of mortgage bonds and created a new refinancing market just in time to help tackle Europe’s looming debt maturity wall
