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Issue 27, August 2008

Financial supervision—Opportunity in the crisis

Piia-Noora Kauppi

By Piia-Noora Kauppi
MEP for the National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) of Finland

The EU should take advantage of the global financial turmoil to strengthen its inadequate supervisory framework...

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Solvency II—An industry view

Jacquie CurnessBy Jacquie Curness
Chief Actuary, Unum

Responding to the European Commission’s fourth Quantitative Impact Study from a business perspective...

Making consumers financially capable: it’s not all doom and gloom

Laurence BaxterBy Laurence Baxter
Head of Policy and Research, CII

The long-awaited Financial Capability Action Plan has now been unveiled...

Staring into the abyss: Analysing the Crosby Review

Red leader Sir James Crosby’s interim report may not give much hope to mortgage lenders, but it clarifies what is on and off the table...

UCITS next steps: an ambitious timescale

Filing cabinetThe EU Commission has finally published its proposals for UCITS reform following months of delay—and the fact that we have got here at all is a major cause for relief...

Regulating Private Equity and Hedge Funds in the EU

MazeThe credit crunch has focused European Parliament minds—and the regulatory bug is spreading...

The substitute products debate: more heat than substance?

Magnifying glassThe disclosure requirements placed on providers of retail investment products have become an increasingly important policy debate...

Silly season turning into a scary season for Labour

LondonThe Glasgow East by-election was another disaster for the Prime Minister. Can Labour weather the storm?...

Comparison websites: Taking care not to do consumers a disservice

Accessing the webSome of the FSA’s recent forays in the field of consumer awareness have taken a somewhat questionable approach...

What’s on the horizon for European tax havens?

Liechtenstein flagThe more shadowy aspects of offshore banking have traditionally centred on places such as Bermuda—but European tax havens are increasingly coming under the scrutiny of EU policy makers...

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