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Articles from 12 May 2012 - 19 May 2012
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Banking
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Danish Presidency: New Capital Requirements Directive strengthens rules for banks
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ECOFIN: Consensus on tougher and tighter regulation of banks in the EU
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ECON Committee: Bank capital rules - Reform to boost risk resilience and lending to the real economy
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European Council: Bank capital rules - General approach agreed ahead of talks with Parliament
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Statement by Commissioner Barnier following the ECOFIN Council: CRD IV
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Comments by Sharon Bowles on the EP vote on Capital Requirements Regulation
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Danish Presidency strives for agreement on new EU rules on capital requirements for banks in the EU
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S&D: New rules for banking sector go in the right direction, say Euro MPs
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EPP/Karas: Basel III/CRD IV - Stabilising banks and financing growth
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Risk.net: Cyprus Presidency fears add urgency to CRD IV talks
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EBA: Joint Consultation Paper / Response to the EC’s Call for Advice on the Fundamental Review of the FICOD
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EIB and Banco Popular sign SME financing agreement
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State aid: Commission temporarily approves aid for the resolution of Greek T Bank
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Securities
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EBA, EIOPA and ESMA consult on Commission’s Review of the Financial Conglomerates Directive
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Consob: Regulatory simplification - amendments to markets and issuers' regulations
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IMF Working Paper: Appraising credit ratings - does the CAP fit better than the ROC?
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IOSCO: Ten years of enhancing cross-border enforcement cooperation
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IOSCO prepares for the regulatory and financial challenges ahead
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Bloomberg: Dodd-Frank swaps legislation delayed
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Insurance
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FT: Insurer urges end to regulation moans
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FN: Regulatory crackdown hurts company securitisation
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INN: Europe’s Solvency II set to impact American insurers with offices abroad
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Asset Management
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Hedgeweek: Revised regulation targets asset management quality
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Hedgeweek: The keys to successful hedge fund investing
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FN: Pensions industry fears being softened up for Solvency II
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IPE: Restructurings could have major impact on pension funds
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IPE: Dutch pension funds' recovery plans could fall short of recovery
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Corporate Governance/Accounting
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FEE commented on the PCAOB proposed auditing standard on related parties
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FEE commented to the European Commission on the Future of European Company Law
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Commentaries
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Wolfgang Münchau: Default now or default later?
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Michael Burda: Hume on hold? Consequences of not abolishing eurozone national central banks
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Charles Wyplosz: The impossible hope of an end to austerity
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Peter Bofinger: Higher inflation [in Germany] 'would not be a disaster'
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FT Analysis: Eurozone - If Greece goes ...
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Think Tanks
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ALDE/Verhofstadt: Only a structural solution to reduce eurozone debt will end the crisis of confidence
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Two-pack: ALDE welcomes inclusion of European Redemption Fund to solve the euro crisis
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Bruegel/Pisani-Ferry: G20 - Decreasing returns
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Bruegel/Schuseil: Is Germany bluffing on Greece?
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Bruegel/Vallée: The Irish shadow in the Spanish dead end
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Bruegel/Vallée: The path to eurobonds
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CEPS: "The Sovereign Debt Crisis: Placing a curb on growth"
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CEPS: The euro crisis - Implications for the internal market and harmonisation of corporate taxes
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CER/Grant: How Hollande should handle Merkel
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EPP Group Bureau in Ireland: 'We need a strong Irish voice committed to Europe'
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EPP: 2 Pack - Socialist MEPs hijack major text for political purposes
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Peterson Institute/Subramanian: Greece's exit may become the euro's envy
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Socialists and Democrats win a first victory against austerity
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S&D/Swoboda: "Merkel-Hollande meeting must launch new direction for Europe"
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Graham Bishop’s Articles and Speeches
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Graham Bishop's Blog: May 15 ECOFIN and the banking regulation crisis with the UK
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Financial Services Policy
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ECON Committee: Fiscal policy - MEPs adopt position amid division on best route to take
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FN: Carmignac reduces euro exposure to zero [RDR]
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IFA Online: Watch your back, Europe's regulators are set to strike [RDR]
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Future Events |
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GrahamBishop.com is pleased to support some not-for-profit conferences, and to highlight forthcoming public hearings on key financial services issues.
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Conferences |
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22 May 2012: EDHEC-Risk: “Shooting the Messenger”: A discussion of the CDS market and Greece’s default, London. (Further information)
22 May 2012: Global Financial Reform: How far from a transatlantic Consensus are we?, Brussels. (Further information)
29 May 2012: The new euro area model collective action clause for sovereign debt - an ICMA and Clifford Chance panel discussion, London. (Further information)
1 June 2012: Insurance Europe 4th International Insurance Conference "Global market, global risks”, Amsterdam. (Further information)
5 June 2012: CEPS: How can regulation improve EU competitiveness?, Brussels. (Further information)
6 June 2012: Bruegel: Clearing houses and derivatives market structures, Brussels. (Further information)
6-8 June 2012: AMICE 3rd biennial Congress, "Solidarity and mutuality: stable values in an unstable world", Gdansk. (Further information)
7 June 2012: Bruegel: China invests in Europe: patterns, impacts and policy issues, Brussels. (Further information)
11 June 2012: Developments in the Covered Bond Market - an ICMA and NCMF Roundtable, Oslo. (Further information)
12 June 2012: ABI: The Future of Long-term Savings and Retirement Income Auto-Enrolment and Beyond 2012, London. (Further information)
12-13 June 2012: EDHEC-Risk: Analysing Sovereign Risk for Portfolio Management Decisions, London. (Further information)
18 June 2012: SUERF/OeNB: The Interaction of Political, Fiscal and Financial Stability: Lessons from the Crisis, Vienna. (Further information)
26 June 2012: EC/EP Conference on Electronic Procurement – Challenges and Opportunities, Brussels. (Further information)
29 June 2012: MiFID II, MiFIR and CSD - the market perspective on regulatory developments - an ICMA conference, Paris. (Further information)
10 July 2012: MiFID II, MiFIR and CSD - the market perspective on regulatory developments - an ICMA and SIX Swiss Exchange conference, Zurich. (Further information)
4 October 2012: European Banking Centre 4th Conference on Financial Stability: Banks and the Public Finances, Tilburg. (Further information)
11 October 2012: Friends of Europe: The State of Europe: Escaping the doldrums, Brussels. (Further information)
11-12 October 2012: Leaseurope: Annual Convention of the European leasing and automotive rental industry, Cannes. (Further information)
8-9 November 2012: AFME 7th Annual European Government Bonds Conference, Brussels. (Further information)
15 November 2012: CFS: Cross-border finance and national regulation - lessons from the financial crisis, Frankfurt. (Further information)
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Hearings |
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30 May 2012: Future Role of the European Court of Auditors: Challenges ahead and possible reform, Brussels. (Further information)
14 June 2012: Public Hearing / Consultation Paper on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards on Own Funds (EBA). (Further information)
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