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Tag: Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

Ministers seek compromise on hedge fund regulation - 08 June 2010 - News

On the margins of talks on the EU's economy and financial regulation in Luxembourg today (8 June), ministers will discuss how they can resolve a row with the European Parliament over a contested regulation aimed at hedge funds and other investment vehicles.

Germany may extend ban on short selling - 26 May 2010 - News

Germany may widen a ban on speculative trades in financial stocks to cover all shares, a draft finance ministry document showed yesterday (25 May).

Fresh row stalls Parliament vote on private equity - 11 May 2010 - News

The contested draft EU hedge funds and private equity law has hit another snag as MEPs quarrel over whether private equity takeovers should be stripping their target companies' assets from the ground up. 

US warns EU of financial reform clash - 17 March 2010 - News

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.

EU hedge fund talks collapse - 16 March 2010 - News

Talks in Brussels to strike an agreement on regulating hedge funds and private equity came to an abrupt end this morning (16 March) as the Spanish EU Presidency, tasked with brokering a deal, postponed talks because no agreement was in sight.

EU countries to hammer out hedge fund rules - 05 March 2010 - News

A majority of EU countries are ready to sign off on a precedent-setting law to regulate hedge funds, diplomatic sources told EurActiv. The law, which had triggered a wave of resentment in the bloc's financial districts, will win EU finance ministers' approval at their next meeting on 16 March.

English papers lead campaign to 'ditch the directive' - 08 February 2010 - News

English newspapers today (8 February) took command of a campaign to completely write off a proposed EU regulation which would limit the activity of hedge funds, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), saying it will hurt the London-based financial sector.

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