Analysis: Stabilising global finance: are EU states doing enough?

In the 2014 edition of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI), Finland, Germany and Sweden top the rankings of 41 OECD and EU countries on the indicator 'Stabilising global financial markets'.

However, although it has taken steps to increase domestic regulation,the United Kingdom has not done much to increase supranational regulation, preferring instead to protect the City of London's interests in the face of increasing competition from abroad.

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