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Tag: Credit Default Swaps

Deutsche Börse accused of speculating against French debt - 13 April 2012 - News

Eurex, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse, will launch on April 16 a new futures contract on French government bonds, a move that is drawing the ire of French Socialists who accused the German group of speculating on France's insolvency.

EU strikes deal to ban 'naked' CDS - 19 October 2011 - News

Brussels gave green light yesterday (18 October) to ban "naked" credit default swaps (CDS) on sovereign debt in an attempt to curb what some policymakers see as hedge fund bets on the euro zone crisis.

EU hits banks with CDS anti-trust probe - 29 April 2011 - News

The European Union is probing investment banks including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan over possible collusion in credit default swaps, which many politicians blame for exacerbating the eurozone debt crisis.

EU mulls restrictions on short-selling - 15 June 2010 - News

The European Commission yesterday (14 June) said it wants to give market supervisors the authority to either ban or restrict short-selling and credit default swaps but disagreement is still rife on whether the EU or national authorities should be in charge. 

Merkel, Sarkozy seek EU ban on naked short selling, CDS - 09 June 2010 - News

In the clearest signal to financial speculators yet, the French and German leaders, Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, heaped pressure on the European Commission to consider an EU-wide ban on naked short-selling and credit default swaps (CDS) on sovereign bonds. 

Germany first to introduce ban on naked short-selling - 19 May 2010 - News

Germany today (19 May) became the first European country to ban naked short-selling in shares of the country's 10 most important financial institutions, marking the latest step in Europe's crackdown against speculators.

Why getting tough on credit default swaps does more harm than good - 14 April 2010 - Analysis

''Speculators are said to have been involved in the escalation of the Greek crisis. For this reason, politicians want to ban the purchase of naked credit default swaps (CDSs). This would not be of any help to sovereign borrowers, however,'' writes Christian Weistroffer from Deutsche Bank Research in a March publication.

France, Germany seek to curb national debt trading - 02 March 2010 - News

The EU, "driven by France and to a lesser extent Germany," will try to restrict the trading of sovereign debt to those who own the underlying bonds, according to diplomats, who say the move is aimed at preventing a repeat of the Greek crisis elsewhere.

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