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FSA ready to see biggest banks cut down to size

22.10.09
The City watchdog has said that banks deemed "too big to fail" could be broken up to protect the financial system from future crises... more

City watchdog head calls for 'radical change'

23.09.09
Head of the City watchdog calls for 'radical change' in financial sector to regain public trust following the devastating impact of the crisis on the wider economy... more

Why critics are wrong to bash Turner

07.09.09
Does Lord Turner go out at night? Alone? If I were the chairman of the Financial Services Authority, I would be thinking twice about where I tread, given the opprobrium heaped upon me in the last couple of weeks ... more

FSA may force massive rise in ‘risky’ banks’ losses cover

03.09.09
Banks which trade in the riskiest kinds of investments may be forced to raise the capital they set aside to cover potential losses by up to five times under plans being discussed by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) ... more

City must change its ways to survive

01.09.09
One of London’s best-known investment bankers once told me that he thought much of what he and his colleagues did was little more than levy a tax on the investor... more

Comment: Sorry, Lord Turner, but you’re way out of step

28.08.09
Lord Turner has been doing some big thinking about the future of the City, and his views will not be popular to many who read them in London ... more

The difficulties of curbing City excess

27.08.09
The Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner has raised the possibility of a special tax on the City to curb excessive risk-taking... more

Tax on City profits is 'crackers' says Boris Johnson

27.08.09
Mayor Boris Johnson hit out at plans to impose fresh taxes on the City of London as 'crackers' after regulator's surprise plans to curb 'swollen' finance sector... more

Lessons 'must be learned' as row over RBS rumbles on

23.06.09
Top City watchdog Adair Turner warned that a return to "business as usual" at UK banks threatened to undermine the lessons of the "biggest financial crisis in the history of market capitalism"... more

FSA chief backs tough new rules for banks

19.06.09
Financial Services Authority chairman Adair Turner weighed into the row over regulating big banks as he declared himself in favour of tougher solvency rules... more

Pessimism overdone on home front

13.05.09
Ever since the financial crisis began, there has been an underlying masochistic British assumption that house prices would plunge, that there would be forced sellers and repossessions everywhere, and that the wreckage would take years to clear ... more

Darling: I won't rule out merging Northern Rock & Bingley

19.03.09
Alistair Darling has refused to rule out a merger of nationalised Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley... more

Secretive hedge funds to go under microscope

18.03.09
The secretive world of hedge funds faced greater scrutiny today after the City watchdog paved the way for regulation of shadow banking in some cases... more

Risks clampdown will lower profits, banks are warned

18.03.09
The chairman of the Financial Services Authority has warned banks to expect an era of lower profits as he moved to clamp down on excessive risk-taking... more

Silver fox has played blame game with PM

18.03.09
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There's no prize for Turner as he points out the obvious

18.03.09
Lord Turner isn't exactly shy at coming forward. You don't get to lead grand public bodies, including the FSA, by not having confidence in your talents... more

Greater scrutiny for ‘bank-like’ hedge funds

18.03.09
The secretive world of hedge funds faced greater scrutiny after the City watchdog paved the way for regulation of shadow banking... more

City watchdog proposes new curbs on risky lending by banks

18.03.09
Banks today faced new curbs on lending and stricter oversight in an attempt to restore confidence in the financial industry... more

Another mess, another report from Turner the intellectual troubleshooter

18.03.09
Profile: Today’s powerful dissection of the financial crisis by the boss of the FSA is par for the course for a man Government turns to in times of need... more

Overseer ‘is needed for all of Europe’

18.03.09
A pan-European regulator to set national standards and oversee supervision of the banking system was among the demands made by Lord Turner... more

Now homebuyers may be forced to find 15% deposit

18.03.09
Homebuyers could be forced to raise deposits of at least 15 per cent under proposals being considered by the City watchdog... more

Brown told us not to question banks on risky practices, says City watchdog

25.02.09
Gordon Brown helped fuel Britain’s banking crisis by pressuring City watchdogs into “light-touch regulation”, MPs were told... more

MPs reject call to limit foreign holiday flights

06.02.09
MPs have warned against rationing foreign travel to tackle climate change... more

Taking blame for the credit crisis

22.01.09
The head of the Financial Services Authority, Lord Turner, declared last night that the blame for the present financial and banking crisis could be widely spread... more

It could be two years before we see recovery, says City expert

22.01.09
Gordon Brown faced a fresh attack over his handling of the economy as the City watchdog claimed the recession could last for up to two years... more

New hint that third Heathrow runway to get 'green' go-ahead

27.11.08
A third runway at Heathrow need not breach Britain's new legal target to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Gordon Brown's environmental adviser has hinted... more

Watchdog: No more 'soft touch' regulation

17.10.08
The chief City watchdog admitted that banks had been regulated "on the cheap" and said the era of "soft touch" oversight must end... more

State pension age must rise to 70, says PM's adviser

31.07.08
Workers will have to stay in employment until they are 70 as happened 100 years ago, the Government's pensions guru predicted... more

Recession in Britain should not be severe says Turner

11.07.08
Britian may slide into recession, the new head of the City watchdog has admitted... more

Labour's green guru fails to back car tax shake-up

11.07.08
Labour's plan for road tax increases suffered a fresh blow today when Gordon Brown's green guru pointedly failed to back it... more

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