Promoting debate and fresh thinking in the financial sector

Vanessa Rossi and William Jackson: Speedy Recovery or Lingering Crisis in the Gulf Economies?

International Series number 10

30 July 2010: Over a year after covering this region in an earlier thinkpiece, the author returns to examine how the Gulf economies have fared especially following the Dubai property crisis last autumn. Despite the setback, Chatham House's forecasts nevertheless show much promise for significant growth in insurance and financial services over the next 5 to 10 years.

Steven Cameron: Charging fairly for pensions

20 July 2010: The Head of Business Regulation at AEGON UK summarises the 2012 pension reforms introducing a controversial new charging structure for the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) scheme which will combine a fund management charge with a charge on contributions. Examining both sides of the argument, AEGON concludes that a combination charging structure is a positive move for all parties.

Eric Pan: The Future of International Financial Regulation

International Series number 9

8 June 2010: The article summarises the challenges confronting attempts to strengthen the global financial regulatory archictecture. Prepared by a prominent regulatory law professor based in New York, the paper helps readers make sense of the various interlocking institutions such as the G20, IMF and European Union, and sets out the key issues and challenges facing them as they deal with the effects of the financial crisis.

Wendy van den Hende: Financial Education: It's Everybody's Business

24 May 2010: The Chief Executive of the Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg) summarises the importance of financial education for young people in enhancing public trust and confidence in money matters. She goes on to describing efforts by government and the industry (including the Personal Finance Society) in helping to develop and promote this; and sets out what more needs to be done.

Rodrigo Delgado Aguilera: Successes, trials and tribulations in regional economic recoveries

International Series number 8

22 April 2010: The developing world is seeing the same sort of multi-speed recovery as elsewhere. While the Asian economies have responded well following lessons learned from earlier crises, Latin America and the Middle East seem to have for the most part escaped the turmoil's major effects, but emerging Europe's recovery is still far from over.

Election 2010 Special: What the parties say – Stephen Timms, Mark Hoban & Vince Cable

1 April 2010: We have compiled an election special as part of our regular CII Thinkpiece series. The three main parties – represented by the Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP for Labour, Mark Hoban MP for the Conservatives and Dr Vince Cable MP for the Liberal Democrats – set our their respective visions for financial services.

Vanessa Rossi: The End of Dollar Dominance? Signs of Change in the International Financial System

International Series number 7

17 March 2010: emerging changes in the international financial arena could challenge the West’s dominance the monetary system. In this latest addition in our special series of thinkpieces on global themes, Vanessa Rossi of Chatham House explores these changes.

David Doyle: Making Sense of it All: EU Financial Regulation Proposals and Their Implications

9 March 2010: while events in Brussels may seem far away to some, recent proposals for European financial regulation will have more impact than usual on financial practitioners in the member states. EU expert David Doyle looks at some of the proposals under consideration right now and discusses their implications.

Richard Hobbs: Something Must be Done! Lessons for Financial Regulation

11 February 2010: The author explores the government's response to the financial crisis. He warns that drastic, politically expedient intervention that is seen to be "doing something" risks stifling competition while failing to address the underlying causes of the crisis.