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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).

An EU-wide plan to improve the sustainability and equality of pension schemes has been given the green light.

The FSA will spend £100m implementing EU-wide insurance regulation Solvency II, which is "towards the low end" of original estimates but excludes "considerable" direct costs to the UK industry, FSA CEO Hector Sants says.

An EU ruling to equalise annuity rates for men and women could be finalised as soon as 1 March.

Billions of pounds of banker bonuses may have been paid out "by mistake" as a result of miscalculations resulting from Britain's flawed accounting rules.

David Cameron has criticised banks and building societies for being too cautious with their mortgage lending and preventing the housing market from progressing.

The Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) Adam Posen has warned the Bank it should not try to compensate for its past mistakes in underestimating inflation by pushing up interest rates.

First we brought you quantitative easing bears. Now get the lowdown on the Irish bailout, through the eyes of Taiwanese animators. If you are not keen on Irish stereotypes, look away now.

The international rescue package for Ireland has failed to restore confidence in the eurozone debt markets, leading instead to a surge in bond yields across half the currency bloc.

European finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund have agreed a €85bn (£72bn) bail-out for Ireland in an effort to calm market fears of a new banking crisis.