UK bank giants to be ring-fenced

Major UK banks such as HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays will have to "ring-fence" their retail businesses, UK Chancellor George Osborne announced this morning. read more

Bank collapse fund not necessary, says ACFS

Building up a fund today to pay victims of future bank collapses is unnecessary, says a new paper published by the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. But, the paper says, there is a case for b.. read more

US, EU wrangle over Basel III

US and European financial regulators are wrangling over who is doing a better job of implementing the Basel III global banking rules agreed last December. read more