Purpose – This paper examines the activities carried out in the UK by credit refer agencies, current business practices, and the legal standing of credit reporting. Design/methodology/approach – Legal analysis that aims to demonstrate that the current legal framework is inadequate. Findings...

Purpose – To report on the appeal by the defendants – a firm of sollcitors – against the proceedings taken by the Financial Services Authority. Design/methodology/approach – Outlines the facts and explains the decision. Findings – Finds that this decision serves to illustrate how...

Purpose – Aims to review the potential risks associated with the separation of banking regulation from the orbit of the central bank in Latin-American and Caribbean countries (LAC). Design/methodology/approach – Sets out information on the banking regulators in LAC and on the current degree...

Purpose – To describe the 5th May 2006 ECOFIN conclusions on supervisory convergence and explain why they represent a new departure for European financial services work. Design/methodology/approach – The article outlines the 6th 2006 ECOFIN conclusions relating to supervisory convergence. It...

Purpose – China is in the midst of an aggressive privatisation process in which key state-owned enterprises have already tapped, or have plans to tap, international capital through initial public offerings in Hong Kong. Aims to critically assess two major SOE bank IPOs, the Bank of...

Purpose – The purpose of this essay is to formulate practical steps in establishing a market for government securities. When such a market does not exist two issues are of critical importance: establish the credibility of the issuer, and create the trading avenues. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – To contrast the challenges for bank regulators in a physically small centre such as the Bahamas with those for regulators in New York or London. To identify how the small centres can best meet their challenges, noting especially that Basel II is going to make even more important the...

Purpose – To consider the recommendations made by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) enforcement process review (the review). Design/methodology/approach – This paper has considered the concerns raised by the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal in the Legal & General case, the...

Purpose – Seeks to present the personal viewpoint of the chairman of the Committee of European Banking Supervision (CEBS) on the opportunities for convergence afforded by the BASEL II capital framework. Design/methodology/approach – Highlights some of the initiatives under way in CEBS that...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the key challenges faced by regulators following the implementation of the market abuse directive (MAD) in developing a consistent approach to tackling market abuse. The paper seeks to argue that how regulators respond to these challenges will have a...