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

“It’s now or never for the leaders of the world’s biggest economies to make the changes that will support their claims to have learnt the lessons of the financial and economic crises. Oooh aye? “Strict and consistent measures must be put in place to regulate financial markets, particularly in regard to hedge and private equity funds. Private equity

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

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

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

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

Sweden, the new holder of the EU presidency, came to the defence of hedge funds and private equity, saying it did not blame them for the financial crisis and would press for improvements in EU proposals to regulate them

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.

A fresh effort to unblock the logjam over new EU rules to regulate hedge funds and private equity funds and allay US fears of regulatory protectionism is being spearheaded in the European parliament

Charlie McCreevy, EU internal market commissioner, has come under fire from leading socialist lawmakers, who accused him of stalling on regulation of hedge funds and private equity firms