The US is growing increasingly worried by the EU's financial reform agenda, as US officials descend on the European institutions in Brussels to warn policymakers against divergent rules on hedge funds and derivatives.
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EurActiv on 17th Mar 2010 (via euractiv.com)
The EU internal market commissioner tells Tim Geithner that new rules for hedge funds and private equity will not shut foreign funds out of EU financial markets
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FT on 8th Apr 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
France pressed its European Union partners to impose strict rules on hedge funds, inspite of Swedish warnings that even the tightest regulation would be no guarantee against financial turmoil akin to that of the past two years
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FT on 5th May 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
US and UK financial regulators today (11 June) launched an attack against pending EU rules on hedge funds, which they say go beyond international standards and make it difficult for US investment funds to access the 27-member bloc's market.
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EurActiv on 11th Jun 2010 (via euractiv.com)
The European Commission's draft directive on hedge funds and private equity funds can and will be improved, according to the UK's financial services minister
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FT on 14th Jul 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
European Union finance ministers abandon efforts to get a compromise deal over the EU's controversial proposed rules at their meeting in Brussels
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FT on 16th Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
New rules for hedge funds and private equity are expected to move a step closer when EU finance ministers push for tough regulation at a meeting in Brussels
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FT on 17th May 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
European laws to regulate hedge funds and private equity funds for the first time should be subject to a full impact assessment, a UK treasury minister says
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FT on 7th Sep 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
European lawmakers vote overwhelmingly in favour of new rules to regulate hedge funds and private equity funds on a pan-European basis for the first time
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FT on 11th Nov 2010 (via ft.com)
Europe's controversial plans to regulate hedge and private equity funds are dealt a fresh blow as the European Central Bank warned they would put the industry at a significant competitive disadvantage
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FT on 22nd Oct 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Anxiety is mounting among hedge funds as European Union finance ministers prepare to debate new rules for the sector in Luxembourg
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FT on 18th Oct 2010 (via ft.com)
