Financial Services Authority

...of leftwing idealists. Mainstream politicians have often dismissed it as unworkable and when Lord Turner, the chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the City watchdog, came out in favour of the idea in the summer, the Treasury...

In this article: Tax, Gordon Brown, James Tobin, Alistair Darling, International Monetary Fund, Timothy Geithner, Britain, Recession, and US

...at the event include Conservative Party leader David Cameron, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, Lord Adair Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary...

In this article: Stephen Hester, Stuart Rose, Conservative Party, Liberal Democrat, Marks & Spencer, Adair Turner, David Cameron, and International Monetary Fund

...in Britain said. Mr. Walker headed the Securities and Investment Board, a predecessor to Britain's current financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority, and later headed Morgan Stanley's international division. He has also worked...

In this article: Alistair Darling, David Walker, The Sunday Telegraph, Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain, Risk management, Bank of England, and International Monetary Fund

...been time better spent." What the likes of Strauss-Kahn are suggesting is more sophisticated than the Tobin tax on foreign-exchange transactions mooted by Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority. The IMF chief sees the fund...

In this article: IMF, Gordon Brown, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Tax, and Pittsburgh

...-- will be needed but will have to wait. Lord Adair Turner, chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority, raised the possibility of a treaty-based financial watchdog but said it was far off. Combatting the crisis will require banks...

In this article: Adair Turner, World Trade Organization, E-mail, Financial Stability Forum, International Monetary Fund, Jacob Wallenberg, Investor AB, and Goldman Sachs Group

...creating". The plans echo a recent suggestion by Financial Services Authority chairman Lord Turner that he may consider levying a so-called Tobin tax on financial transactions in order to rid the system of excessive speculation. Although Mr...

In this article: Tax, International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Financial crisis, Paul Tucker, and Bank of England

...on financial regulatory reform for George Osborne, the Tory shadow chancellor, and Dan Waters, asset management sector leader at the Financial Services Authority, also backed a rearguard action to maintain supervision of the industry in the...

In this article: EU, Jacques de Larosiere, London, and Venture capital

...bank's customers - in fact, it can be downright damaging. Apart from revealing some red faces at the IMF, the report also details the "impotence" of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) when dealing with concerns raised in 2005 by Tony...

In this article: International Monetary Fund, Kaupthing, Credit crunch, Singer & Friedlander, and ABN AMRO

...happening to the global economy." Mr Darling will say today that national bodies such as the Financial Services Authority (FSA) should be given "backstop" powers to prevent banks over-extending themselves. He will also recommend that the...

In this article: Alistair Darling, International Monetary Fund, European country, White House, London, Tax, Robert Gibbs, ABN AMRO, and Royal Bank of Scotland