Best-laid plans

Financial regulation around the world looks set for the biggest overhaul in recent history. But those implementing change face a number of obstacles, some of which might prove insurmountable. Duncan Wood looks at the challenges ahead and speculates on the likelihood of success

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New regulatory architecture is emerging from the wreckage of the crisis, but it remains to be seen whether an impregnable fortress will be built - or just a castle in the air. It is not going to be easy to implement the architects' vision.

The details of the plan are still sketchy, but the outline is clear: new bodies on both sides of the Atlantic will be charged with anticipating systemic problems, informed by ambitious new databases. Beneath them: in Europe, the three existing sector

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