FSA's Ross in battle for top EU regulator job

European financial regulators may vote as soon as today at a private meeting in Paris on who gets the top administrator job at the EU’s market regulator, which began operating in January. Ross is vying with European Commission official Maria Velentza and four other candidates, according to Bloomberg. EU nations and the parliament agreed last year to establish ESMA as one of three authorities in London, Paris and Frankfurt to regulate the banking, securities and insurance industries respectively. None of the chairmen of the three bodies come from the FSA or European Commission, but...