Investors have accepted new bond documentation clauses designed to ease a sovereign debt restructuring process, but some governments want more.

The Basel Committee has launched a consultation for an amended simpler approach to calculating operational risk-weighted assets.

The European Parliament's new rapporteur is revisiting the idea of a capital buffer for money market funds.

Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee has commissioned two reports that question the failure of the stress test to take account of systemic risk.

The Financial Stability Board also wants to extend rules to include non-bank to non-bank transactions.

China's insurance regulator has allowed insurers a new channel to invest in alternative credit assets, raising concerns that shadow banking risks will grow further.

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors has responded to criticism of plans to exclude observers from committee meetings.

The Financial Stability Board has raised the hopes of emerging market authorities that it will pay greater attention to their priorities.

A leading insurance industry body fears guidelines for Solvency II will undermine the benefits of group supervision for European insurers.

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors has published its new rules for global insurers, but they may yet be superseded.