Verena Ross, international director of the FSA, has been nominated by the 27 EU member states to be the first head of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
At a key time for state and insurance sector relations, Owain Thomas meets the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services' new chairman, Jonathan Evans MP
The European Parliament has ratified the creation of a new framework for financial institutions designed to prevent a recurrence of the financial crisis.
The European Parliament's committee of inquiry into the collapse of Equitable Life has unveiled the first draft of its final report.
Members of the European Parliament have today voted to set up a committee to investigate the actions of both government and regulators in respect of the troubles at Equitable Life.
Directors of Equitable Life will not face a Serious Fraud Office inquiry, the SFO has announced.
THE EUROPEAN Parliament is to hold a formal "committee of inquiry" into the Equitable Life debacle following fierce campaigning by policyholders, reports this morning's Daily Telegraph .