Articles in this set

• Making credit-rating agencies transparent

  Commission deciding how to reform the sector.
  

• Risky business

  Rules to prevent another crisis have to take into account the problem of ‘moral hazard'.
  

• Split over derivatives reform

  Derivatives trading was identified as a significant contribution to the global financial crisis.
  

• A lack of credit for mortgage proposals

  The mortgage industry is concerned about plans to reform the sector.
  

• More power, and more problems

  It took a great deal of effort to set up three independent EU financial authorities, and arguments persist.
  

• Plotting a course for Europe's financial future

  The structures have been put in place, now comes the tricky task of pushing through huge amounts of financial legislation.
  

• The regulation race

  The EU wants to push through a wide range of financial-service reforms, but critics are concerned that too much is being attempted.
  

Financial services

2011 could be the busiest year ever for financial-services legislation in the EU.

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