Adair Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, hails plans to force global banks like Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland to hold more capital as a buffer against losses as "a major step forward"... more
Some retail financial products could be banned as part of a "radical rethink" of consumer protection, head of the Financial Services Authority says... more
Banking will suffer if reforms “demonise” traders rather than address the fundamentals of what caused the financial crisis, the FSA chairman warns... more
The head of Britain’s financial watchdog launches another swipe at the banking industry, declaring sophisticated forms of computerised “flash” trading provide “minimal social value... more
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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