Regulators are mulling new financial instruments such as Cocos and bail-in bonds. Bankers, market participants split over them By Melvyn Westlake

Not long ago some in the Merkel coalition wanted to “tear down BaFin.” Today under draft supervision reforms, it gets a wider role By Klaus Engelen

BRUSSELS, March 14 (Global Risk Regulator) – Essential corrections must be made to Europe’s planned Solvency II safety regime for insurers, despite the insurance industry’s successful performance in a key test of the rules, industry representatives said today.

LONDON, March 4 (Global Risk Regulator) – As a top global regulator said more needs to be done to improve the world’s banking system, leading bankers warned today that new rules could undermine basic banking services and that the G20 had reached a “serious impasse”.

PARIS, February 21 (Global Risk Regulator) – France was frustrated in moving forward with two of its Group of Twenty priorities – greater regulation of commodities and reform of the international monetary system – at a strained meeting of the finance ministers and central bankers of the world’s leading economies over the weekend.

Fed foresees common standards this year; FASB change of heart pleases bankers but experts say there’s still no meeting of minds By David Keefe

French moves to regulate food and raw material markets are strongly opposed by exporters fearing price distortions, reduced investment Measures proposed by French president Nicolas Sarkozy to curb speculation in commodity markets are meeting strong opposition from commodity exporting countries such as the US, Canada and Brazil.

Benefits of significantly higher capital ratios outweigh the costs, according to new analysis released by the Bank of England By Melvyn Westlake

G20 summit leaders have put trade finance for low-income countries on Basel regulators' agenda. Low risk not recognised By Andrew Cornford

EU Commission’s high-profile review of securities markets is slammed for being rushed and insufficiently evidence-based By Melvyn Westlake