Charlie McCreevy, European commissioner for the internal market and services, in a wide ranging interview with FINANCE in anticipation of his keynote address at the Finance Dublin/Finance Magazine Global Financial Services Centres Conference 2008 on June 16th-17th, gives his views on the competition between established and emerging financial centres and regulatory issues therein. Against the backdrop of ‘siren calls’ for increased regulation, McCreevy outlines some of the practical steps that are being taken to resolve the credit crisis. |