European Council Adopts Rules on Derivatives
The European Council today adopted a regulation aimed at increasing transparency in derivatives and reducing risk in…
European Parliament
EP-Council Deal on Rules for a Safe and Transparent Derivatives Market
ECON Economic and monetary affairs After long negotiations a compromise deal on new EU legislation to regulate…
Parliament Decides Stance on Derivatives, Short Selling, Investor Compensation
Economic and monetary affairs
Three proposals making derivatives trading less fragile, reducing speculative practices linked to short selling and reducing the time for the setting up of investor compensation schemes received Parliament’s backing on Tuesday ahead of negotiations with Member States.
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…
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….
Lawmakers Begin Work on Derivatives Regulation
Mr Langen disagreed with suggestions by some EU Member States that all derivatives should be regulated….
ESMA nominates Verena Ross Executive Director
The Board of Supervisors (BoS), ESMA’s decision taking body made up of 27 voting members, nominated…
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…
FTT: What has been the cost to the Financial Markets in Europe so far?
A look at how the impact the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) has had so far on trading volumes and activities and the concerns for long-term impact for the financial markets.