Toughening Up Credit Rating Agency Rules
Economic and monetary affairs More transparency, increased competition, the creation of a European credit rating foundation,…
Economics & Monetary Affairs Committee
MEPs Crack Down on Sovereign Debt Speculation and Naked Short Selling
Economic and monetary affairs A ban on certain trades in sovereign bonds, and requirement that traders…
AIMA Warns of Economic Impact of EU Naked CDS Ban
EU policymakers should consider the economic impact of potential restrictions on credit default swaps in sovereign debt….
European Systemic Risk Board: President Trichet in Parliament
Economic and monetary affairs European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet was questioned in Parliament’s Economic and…
Parliament to Seek Guarantees for Financial Supervisory Watchdogs
Economic and monetary affairs announcement: The EP’s economics committee on Tuesday postponed its decision on…
Parliament Sees its Priorities Through on Hedge Funds Directive
Committee : Economic and Monetary Affairs European Parliament and Council negotiators on Tuesday overcame the final major…
Parliament Sees its Priorities Through on Hedge Funds Directive
Committee : Economic and Monetary Affairs European Parliament and Council negotiators on Tuesday overcame the final major…
New Basel Bank Capital Standards Need Fine-tuning
The new Basel capital requirement standards agreed in late September are tackling a number of the right…
Financial Supervision: New EU watchdogs ready for 1 January 2011. José Manuel García-Margallo MEP
The European Parliament today approved the so-called Financial Supervision Package, the set of legislation due to create…
Remarks, OTC Derivatives Reform, European Parliament, Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, Brussels, Belgium
Chairman Gary Gensler Good afternoon Chairwoman Bowles and members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. I…