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       Posted on July 28th, 2011

Sovereign Credit Ratings: Shooting the Messenger? – House of Lords European Union Committee Report

The committee’s four month-long inquiry into the agencies’ influence on the EU’s sovereign debt crisis concluded that their role in the 2008 banking collapse, which was rightly criticised, should not colour assessments of their decisions on EU sovereign debt.

The agencies have caused controversy each time they downgraded further the sovereign debt [...]


       Posted on July 28th, 2011

The EU Financial Supervisory Framework: an update – House of Lords European Union Committee Report

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The ESAs’ powers

A ‘single rule book’
Override powers
Dispute mediation
Emergency powers
Temporary bans

Chapter 3: Contributing to macroprudential stability

Information sharing
Bank stress tests

Chapter 4: The UK’s Influence

The ESAs’ resources
The changing structure of UK supervision

Chapter 5: Summary of conclusions and recommendations


       Posted on April 12th, 2010

The future regulation of derivatives markets: is the EU on the right track? Report with Evidence

The European Union Committee of the UK’s House of Lords has published a report on the future of derivative markets regulation. In it, proposals around clearinghouses are viewed with concern. They suggest that as the EU does not have the financial resources to bail out a large clearinghouse that runs into [...]


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