The Future of Finance Project aims to help reshape the Financial System in accordance with the following principles:

• Equity
• Stability
• Sustainability
• Accountability
• Transparency

As part of the Future of Finance program, Re-Define is helping Governments, International Agencies, Parliaments, Central Banks, NGOs, Trade Unions, Political Parties and Academics think through what sort of financial system would best deliver sustainable, equitable and growth enhancing outcomes. While most the advice we offer is by necessity confidential we are dedicated to involving the broader public in helping understand the financial system and the financial reform process and help hold it accountable. 

As part of his dedicated effort to broaden the understanding of the financial system and help make it accountable to those it most impacts, Re-Define Managing Director Sony Kapoor originated the idea for and helped found the Europeans for Financial Reform Campaign which has just been launched. 

Here you can download some of our concept and policy notes which relate to the subject

Below you will find our testimony to the German Bundestag on the subject of Financial Transaction Taxes

FTTs: Prudential, Regulatory, Information and Fiscal Tools for the Future (English)

FTTs: Prudential, Regulatory, Information and Fiscal Tools for the Future (German)

This policy brief shows how a differentiated regime of financial transaction taxes can be used for rasing highly progressive tax revenues, reducing excessive short-termism and addressing systemic risk

Financial Transaction Taxes: Tools for Progressive Taxation and Improving Market Behaviour

This policy paper sketches out what a good bank and a good banking system should like. It then reflects on policy options can can help us get from the banking systems we have to the ones we need

What should the banking system look like

This recent policy brief from Re-Define is a very important contribution to the curent policy discussions on financial sector reform. It lists, discusses and critiques the proposals put forward by governments in the US and Europe.

A stock-take of the ongoing financial reform discussions

This policy brief written in April 2009 discusses what financial sector reforms are needed in order to bring about a system that is more stable, more competitive, fairer and that better serves the need of the real economy

What financial reforms are needed

This note talks about how Financial Transaction Taxes can help meet some of the fiscal costs of the ongoing financial bailouts and enable a fairer burden sharing accross society

Using Financial Transaction Taxes for Fairer Burden Sharing

This note on Hedge Fund Regulation is a Response to the European Comission Consultation Written on Behalf of the European Parliament

Regulating Hedge Funds

This note on Private Equity Regulation is a Response to the European Comission Consultation Written on Behalf of the European Parliament

Regulating Private Equity