The persistence of soft premiums in parts of the insurance market, should put insurance bosses on alert over capital levels and risk management, according to a Bank of England official. 

Sam Woods, who comes from a role overseeing the insurance industry, is set to replace Andrew Bailey at the UK Prudential Regulatory Authority.

Chinese regulators have put out proposals to toughen the resilience of securities firms in the face of growing sophistication in domestic financial products. 

Bank of England takes over administration of Sonia Sterling interest rates to safeguard the benchmark's credibility and looks to expand the pool of assets used for its calculation.  

John Vickers, architect of the UK's post financial crisis regulatory regime, lashes out at Bank of England over systemic risk buffer in newspaper interview

Tracey McDermott, head of the Bank of England’s Financial Conduct Authority, has decided not to pursue the position as a permanent role. 

Talk of China's regulators granting banks relief on bad loan coverage ratios as economic slowdown bites. 

Senior People’s Bank of China official warns banks over increasingly risky environment. 

European parliament gives its stamp of approval to new benchmark rules. 

European law-makers agree to delay introduction of MiFID by a year to 2018 as regulators grapple with the fine print.