Reports | FinReg21|Reforming Financial Services Regulation in the 21st Century

Macroeconomic Stability and Financial Regulation: Key Issues for the G20

Monday 02 March 2009 | Mathias Dewatripont, Xavier Freixas and Richard Portes (eds.) | 106 comments

This ebook analyzes a range of policy proposals for how the G20 process and the London Summit might bring about concrete, implementable results that can restore confidence and lead the way to recovery.

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Yes

Payment Card Networks Under Assault

Monday 07 December 2009 | John Berlau & Ryan Radia | 12 comments

In recent years, the use of credit and debit cards to purchase goods and services has surged in the United States, and American consumers pay with “plastic” now more than ever before.

Editor's Pick:

No

GAO Report on Credit Cards: Rising Interchange Fees Have Increased Costs for Merchants, but Options for Reducing Fees Pose Chall

Tuesday 24 November 2009 | U.S. Government Accountability Office (U.S. GAO) | 21 comments

GAO Report on Credit Cards: Rising Interchange Fees Have Increased Costs for Merchants, but Options for Reducing Fees Pose Challenges

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No

Consumer Finance Protection Agency Proposal

Wednesday 01 July 2009 | Obama Administration | 80 comments

The administration unveiled its sweeping proposal for a new Consumer Finance Protection Agency that will have oversight of everything from credit cards to tax advisors.

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No

Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation

Wednesday 17 June 2009 | Obama Administration, US Treasury Department | 134 comments

This 89-page plan seeks to protect the integrity of our financial system while encouraging growth and innovation. It includes recommendations on the following key areas:
I. Promote Robust Supervision and Regulation of Financial Firms
II. Establish Comprehensive Regulation of Financial Markets
III. Protect Consumers and Investors from Financial Abuse
IV. Provide the Government with the Tools it Needs to Manage Financial Crises
V. Raise International Regulatory Standards and Improve International Cooperation

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Editor's Pick:

No

The Turner Review

Thursday 19 March 2009 | Financial Services Authority | 46 comments

A regulatory response to the global banking crisis

Editor's Pick:

No

A New Information Infrastructure for Financial Markets

Sunday 01 February 2009 | Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation | 16 comments

The Squam Lake Working Group on Financial Regulation is a nonpartisan, nonaffiliated group of fifteen academics who have come together to offer guidance on the reform of financial regulation.

Financial Reform: A Framework for Financial Stability

Thursday 15 January 2009 | Group of Thirty | 129 comments

Group of Thirty's Working Group on Financial Reform's framework for regulatory reform.

GAO Financial Regulation Report

Thursday 01 January 2009 | Government Accountability Office | 21 comments

GAO Financial Regulation Report: A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System. GAO-09-216

The Fundamental Principles of Financial Regulation

Thursday 01 January 2009 | Markus Brunnermeier, Andrew Crockett, Charles Goodhart, Avinash D. Persaud and Hyun Shin | 89 comments

The authors of this Geneva Report on the World Economy are predominantly macroeconomists. In our view macro-economic analysis and insight has, in the past, been insufficiently applied to the design of financial regulation. The purpose of this paper is to help rectify that lacuna.