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Questions to European Commissioner-designate Jonathan Hill – Answers by Finance Watch
Lord Hill, the UK’s Commissioner-designate for financial services, has been sent a “written exam” by the...
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“Bank lobby has been successful at fighting reform”
Robert W. Jenkins is a Senior Fellow at Better Markets and Adjunct Professor, Finance at London Business School....
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Why do we think the EC proposal has the “right objectives but a fragile mechanism”?
Governments have to stand behind retail banks: there would be riots if a retail bank failed...
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Lessons from History X – From London to Paris. How excessive public debt and uncontrolled financial innovation led to the bubbles of 1720
Facing similar problems of unsustainable public debt, 18th century England and France tried to resort to...
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MiFID: the counter-lobby makes a difference
Lawmakers this month reached a long-awaited agreement on regulating financial markets. The revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive...
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#NoMoreCrises: Unkept Promises of Reform
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Lessons from history VIII – On the social utility of finance
How an 18th century British doctrine suggests a complete overhaul of financial regulation
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Lessons from history VII – Tulip mania and the ‘bubble’ propaganda of elites
The tulip mania is one of the most famous episodes of financial history, constantly evoked by...
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Lessons from history VI – For and against short selling
In September 2008, amidst the worst weeks of the financial crisis, regulators throughout the world decided...
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