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Rein Back the Financial Services Authority
Intrusive regulatory regime, (opining that the FSA was) increasingly a tool of the Treasury
Quote by: Oliver Letwin
Quote made on: July 2004
Quote Submitted by: Financial Foot in Mouth
Source: The Sunday Times
Editor's Notes
In July 2004, Oliver Letwin stated that an incoming Conservative government would abolish or rein back the Financial Services Authority (FSA) because of its “Intrusive regulatory regime”, opining that the FSA was, “increasingly a tool of the Treasury” which threatened to squeeze the life out of the City by over-regulating it.
It is interesting that, only a few short years later, light touch regulation is being seen as one of the primary reasons for our current economic woes. Indeed, the long-awaited report into the failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland was published in December 2011 and, principal among its causes, were `light touch regulation and a catalogue of financial errors’ (Daily Mail). Populist statements, either in government or opposition often come back to haunt politicians.
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Loading ...Published on: July 8, 2012
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Salut! cool l’article, la prochaine fois pourriez-vous citer vos sources? c’est toujours intéressant… MERCI et bonne continuation
Merci (mes sources sont deja citees).