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Lawyers highlight grey areas in securitisation regulation
Securitisation regulation recently passed by the European Union could have problematic legal implications for originators and investors, according to lawyers.
With the dust only just settling on Solvency II's passage through the European Parliament, the European Commission has moved its attention to whether the European Union (EU) should take a similarly harmonised...
The European Union has produced a horizontal directive on how all packaged retail investment products (Prips) are disclosed and sold, bringing them "into line with market reality", according to a communication...
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By the time this issue has reached desks, details of the European Central Bank's EUR60 billion intervention in the European covered bond market will have been made public (see features, p. 12 and p. 18). Even without information as to where and how this...
Draft EU directive threatens hedge funds
BRUSSELS - European hedge funds are under attack from draft legislation from the European Union. The proposal for a directive on alternative investment fund managers, made public at the end of April, has been lambasted by a range of international and...
Editor's letter
While you ponder yet another acronym for structured products - they are now Prips, or packaged retail investment products, according to the European Union - reflect upon the fact that there has been some kind of progress in the calamitous world of regulation....
EC draft rules would impose leverage limits on hedge funds
A draft European Commission directive, due to be released on April 30, would tighten European oversight of hedge fund managers, including leverage limits, increased disclosure and minimum capital requirements.
Level 3 committees respond to Commission
Cebs, Cesr and Ceiops have replied to the European Commission's views on future EU supervision
UK's Darling proposes EU super-regulator for micro-prudential supervision...
The UK Chancellor has suggested a single supervisor should take over regulatory responsibilities from the European Commission and national supervisors, in a letter to the Czech holders of the EU presidency
New single-name CDS sparks hedging worries
Plans to reshape the US single-name credit default swap (CDS) market are causing concerns among some credit portfolio managers, due to a limit on their ability to get capital relief for hedges under Basel II.
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