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March
Four European Union states are asking for all European trading in credit default swaps to be carried out on transparent exchanges
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UK and France seek compromise deal over the European Union’s proposed hedge funds reforms
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The credit crisis has prompted a rethink around regulation and how more stringent and transparent guidelines can deter future market traumas. But will recent regulation changes help or hinder the market in years to come?
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman is calling for new regulations for credit default swaps.
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The proposed European Union private equity rules may bar EU investors from investing in funds based outside the region.
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has postponed the short-selling reporting deadline from April 1 to June 1
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The Volcker Rule being proposed by the US government includes a provision that may separate investment management from custody, securities or prime brokerage services
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The German financial regulator has introduced stricter short selling disclosure rules for 10 financial sector companies
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Luxembourg has suffered a set back in its efforts to develop its status as a domicile for the EU’s Ucits-compliant funds
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The AIMA has issued a statetemnt on short selling.
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Up to seven Chinese brokerages will get licences for margin trading and short selling in China
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The financial regulator of Hong Kong has launched a new short selling disclosure regime
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February
The Alternative Investment Management Association has welcomed the verdict by the UK's Financial Services Authority that hedge funds do not pose a systemic risk.
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Socialists in the European Parliament are looking to restrict the amount of debt private equity firms can load on to companies in buyouts
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Austria’s Financial Market Authority has extended a ban on naked short-selling of shares
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The French finance minister is seeking tougher regulations for the sovereign credit default swaps (CDS) market
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Mexican pension fund regulator, Consar, will ease investment rules
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The Risk Management Association has named a new director of securities lending and market risk, effective today.
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Spain has recommended the proposed rules to regulate hedge funds and private equity groups should be toughened
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AIMA is concerned that a protectionist measure within the AIFM directive has been re-instated
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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has assigned ratings to two Global GCC Funds.
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A US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs has heard that the Federal Reserve (Fed) should be given more powers to regulate banks.
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The U.K. Treasury has blocked a loophole in a corporate tax law.
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The UK financial watchdog's CEO is stepping down
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State Street in its latest Vison report, focuses on the UCITS directive.
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A Bank of England panel says draft EU hedge fund rules will lead to “systemic failure and market disruption”
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The Securities and Exchange Commission will look at ways to restrict short selling and improve market surveillance
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The most likely candidate for upgrading from frontier to emerging market status is Saudi Arabia, readers say
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The Investment Management Association (IMA) is planning to introduce a new fund regime
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Iosco and CPSS are speeding up a review of derivatives clearing houses
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January
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is finalising rules to lower the risk and volatility taken by money market mutual funds
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A new government bill may improve the Kuwait capital market system
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The tax authorities in Seoul are planning to levy a capital gains tax
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India has expelled Société Générale from the Indian equities market
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The Futures and Options Association (FOA) has created a lobby group to deal with regulatory issues related to exchanges, clearing houses and brokers in listed derivatives markets.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will vote on a proposal to curb energy speculation
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China has received approval from its State Council to float stock index futures and for a trial programme involving short selling and margin trading of stocks
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The new Ucits IV directive is not bringing the operational cost reductions many European investment fund asset managers had assumed
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Financial Services Authority, the UK regulator, is looking to revamp rules regarding the liquidation of authorized unit trust
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US and UK regulators have apparently backed away from previous commitments to forcing most OTC derivatives transactions onto centralised exchanges
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The UK chancellor Alistair Darling announced the introduction of a new tax on bonuses paid by banks
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The new tax on bonuses announced in the UK target the banks employees but, as ever, the law of unintended consequences applies