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Banks run eurozone crisis scenarios as Greece founders
With markets anticipating a Greek debt restructuring, bank traders and risk managers are preparing for a wider crisis that could drag in northern European countries, tip the euro into a tailspin or even...
Stereotypes are dangerous things but it is a fair generalisation that Britons are less enthused about the European Union (EU) than the citizens of its other 26 member states. So it is no surprise that...
Bank for International Settlements says international lending fell by $385 billion in last three months of 2009, figures reveal fifth consecutive quarterly drop
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Greece’s $40 billion bailout an improvement, but issues remain
Markets soothed as firm details of Greek rescue plan are announced, eurozone will provide €30 billion at discounted 5% rate for year forward, analysts less convinced
Credit Institute: Eurozone may not survive, warns panel
The Eurozone faces short- and medium-term challenges that may tear it apart, panellists said during the inaugural Credit Institute meeting on sovereign risk, held in London on March 23. During a discussion on whether Europe faces a debt crisis, Charles...
Power market must act on clearing to avoid mandatory limits, says EEX...
Individual participants in the European power markets need to be proactive on clearing if they are to avoid enforced mandatory limits, according to chief executive officer of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) Hans-Bernd Menzel.
EC’s Nabucco pipeline payout a small step in right direction
The European Commission’s announcement of a €200 million payout to the Nabucco pipeline has been welcomed by European utilities, but some experts point out it is only a tiny fraction of the estimated total cost of €7.9 billion.
AIFM could boost alternative structured pay-off market
The European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive, the proposed new set of rules for European hedge funds and private equity industries, could adversely boost the structured products market. John Ferry reports
Cesr: Europe needs EU-wide short-selling disclosure regime
PARIS – Short-selling disclosure rules across Europe should be harmonised under a pan-European regime, according to the Committee of European Securities Regulators (Cesr). The Paris-based Level 3 committee issued a report yesterday outlining why it...
Romania bans OTC emissions trading to combat fraud
Romanian authorities have banned European Union carbon emissions allowances (EUA) in the over-the-counter derivatives market to prevent EUA tax fraud, after ruling that these contracts are now classed as equity securities and therefore can only be bought...
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