Headline news items for 23rd February, 2009:
- 'People aren't listening' say risk managers (Times)
- Abbey chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio on sharks, bankers, and a system in crisis (Telegraph)
- Sir Ken Macdonald attacks regulation of City bankers (Telegraph)
- Sarkozy adviser favourite to run merged French bank (Financial Times)
- Europe wants more regulation of financial markets (Welt)
- EU leaders to push financial regulation at G20 (Euractiv)
- EU heads back financial clampdown
(BBC) - US deals blow to Swiss bank secrecy (Euractiv)
- US government eyes large stake in Citigroup (Telegraph)
- Citi presses US to take 40% stake (Financial Times)
- U.S. Regulators Stand Behind Financial Institutions, Push Them to Remain Private (Bank Systems & Technology)
- Remarks on the future of European financial regulation and supervision Speech by Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB
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