The Bank of England has published a speech by Paul Tucker (Deputy Governor Financial Stability, member of the Monetary Policy Committee and member of the Financial Policy Committee) entitled Central Counterparties: the Agenda.

The European Central Bank ("ECB") has published a draft first progress report on the TARGET2-Securities harmonisation project, which is an ECB infrastructure project which aims to provide a single pan-European platform for securities settlement in central bank money.

The Financial Services Authority has published a report that set out the results from its latest Hedge Fund Survey (carried out in September 2010) and Hedge Fund as Counterparty Survey (carried out in October 2010).

The European Commission has published its proposals for the Capital Requirements Directive IV package which fundamentally overhauls the substantive prudential rules applicable to institutions.

The Financial Services Authority has published a paper which sets out the results of the FSA’s latest Hedge Fund Survey (conducted in March 2011) and the Hedge Fund as Counterparty Survey (conducted in April 2011).

Hector Sants, the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority has outlined his vision of the “new world” of regulation in a recent speech.

The UK’s Financial Services Authority has published its 2011 Consumer Awareness survey, an annual report in operation since 2003.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a central repository of credit rating statistics and the historical performance of credit rating agencies.

The Financial Services Authority has supported a number of the initiatives contained in the European Commission’s MiFID II proposals, while highlighting a number of issues which the FSA considers to be problematic.

The UK Government has published its Financial Services Bill, which overhauls the structure of financial regulation in the UK.