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Adair Turner RSS feedFSA ready to see biggest banks cut down to size
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The City watchdog has said that banks deemed "too big to fail" could be broken up to protect the financial system from future crises2009-10-22T12:28:50ZCity watchdog head calls for 'radical change'
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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 economy2009-09-23T07:03:19ZWhy critics are wrong to bash Turner
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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 weeks2009-09-07T06:54:09ZFSA may force massive rise in ‘risky’ banks’ losses cover
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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)2009-09-03T07:59:25ZCity must change its ways to survive
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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 investor2009-09-01T07:38:51ZComment: Sorry, Lord Turner, but you’re way out of step
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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 London2009-08-28T07:03:50ZThe difficulties of curbing City excess
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The Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner has raised the possibility of a special tax on the City to curb excessive risk-taking2009-08-27T08:03:26ZTax on City profits is 'crackers' says Boris Johnson
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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 sector2009-08-27T08:30:54ZLessons 'must be learned' as row over RBS rumbles on
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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"2009-06-23T14:53:04ZFSA chief backs tough new rules for banks
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Financial Services Authority chairman Adair Turner weighed into the row over regulating big banks as he declared himself in favour of tougher solvency rules2009-06-19T08:19:27ZPessimism overdone on home front
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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 clear2009-05-13T07:29:28ZDarling: I won't rule out merging Northern Rock & Bingley
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Alistair Darling has refused to rule out a merger of nationalised Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley2009-03-19T14:13:20ZSecretive hedge funds to go under microscope
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The secretive world of hedge funds faced greater scrutiny today after the City watchdog paved the way for regulation of shadow banking in some cases2009-03-18T16:05:23ZRisks clampdown will lower profits, banks are warned
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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-taking2009-03-18T09:15:59ZSilver fox has played blame game with PM
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2009-03-18T14:41:54ZThere's no prize for Turner as he points out the obvious
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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 talents2009-03-18T09:35:19ZGreater scrutiny for ‘bank-like’ hedge funds
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The secretive world of hedge funds faced greater scrutiny after the City watchdog paved the way for regulation of shadow banking2009-03-18T14:08:19ZCity watchdog proposes new curbs on risky lending by banks
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Banks today faced new curbs on lending and stricter oversight in an attempt to restore confidence in the financial industry2009-03-18T09:34:44ZAnother mess, another report from Turner the intellectual troubleshooter
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<b>Profile: </b>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 need2009-03-18T09:58:59ZOverseer ‘is needed for all of Europe’
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A pan-European regulator to set national standards and oversee supervision of the banking system was among the demands made by Lord Turner2009-03-18T14:09:49ZNow homebuyers may be forced to find 15% deposit
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Homebuyers could be forced to raise deposits of at least 15 per cent under proposals being considered by the City watchdog2009-03-18T14:41:22ZBrown told us not to question banks on risky practices, says City watchdog
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Gordon Brown helped fuel Britain’s banking crisis by pressuring City watchdogs into “light-touch regulation”, MPs were told2009-02-25T16:39:10ZMPs reject call to limit foreign holiday flights
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MPs have warned against rationing foreign travel to tackle climate change2009-02-06T09:48:00ZTaking blame for the credit crisis
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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 spread2009-01-22T10:58:16ZIt could be two years before we see recovery, says City expert
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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 years2009-01-22T09:45:03ZNew hint that third Heathrow runway to get 'green' go-ahead
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A third runway at Heathrow need not breach Britain's new legal target to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Gordon Brown's environmental adviser has hinted2008-11-27T09:18:24ZWatchdog: No more 'soft touch' regulation
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The chief City watchdog admitted that banks had been regulated "on the cheap" and said the era of "soft touch" oversight must end2008-10-17T08:58:27ZState pension age must rise to 70, says PM's adviser
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Workers will have to stay in employment until they are 70 as happened 100 years ago, the Government's pensions guru predicted2008-07-31T08:17:10ZRecession in Britain should not be severe says Turner
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Britian may slide into recession, the new head of the City watchdog has admitted2008-07-11T08:27:23ZLabour's green guru fails to back car tax shake-up
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Labour's plan for road tax increases suffered a fresh blow today when Gordon Brown's green guru pointedly failed to back it2008-07-11T08:29:27Z