Greater cross-border regulatory collaboration and data sharing will go a long way towards sustaining vibrant capital markets and a stable financial system, says Philip Lane, governor of the Central Bank of Ireland. By Justin Pugsley

Shadow banks are a source of growing concern for regulators given their growth and size and the Financial Stability Board has identified gaps that need to be closed to make the sector easier to understand and supervise

Lack of investor understanding and the wrong kind of investors could undermine the role of contingent convertible bonds in the regulatory framework

Two central bank staff have identified a type of ratio which could have accurately predicted the banks that were going to fail in the run up to the financial crisis – but do they still hold predictive qualities? 

European economies are being caught in cross-fire between higher capital requirements for banks and ever more aggressive monetary stimulus policies from the European Central Bank

As the onslaught of drafting new rules draws to an end, European regulators step back to consider their combined impact on the financial sector and the wider economy in light of the continent’s sub-par economic performance. By Justin Pugsley