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RMA warns SEC against proxy voting changes

03 November 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Risk Management Association's (RMA) Committee on Securities Lending has called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to support further study of "empty voting" before making changes to the proxy voting system...

Former trader jailed

01 November 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

A former trader who worked at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America has been jailed for conspiring to place business with certain brokerages in return for kickbacks.

EU Council of Ministers Reaches Agreement on AIFM Directive

25 October 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The European Union Council of Ministers announced that agreement had been reached at its ECOFIN meeting on a compromise text of the proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).

Basel III the missed opportunities

04 October 2010 Toronto
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Algorithmics publishes the first comprehensive assessment of all the elements of Basel III, and finds them lacking in their conceptual approach to capital and liquidity.

NY Fed cuts asset requirements for reverse repo

28 September 2010 New York
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has announced that the amount of net assets for money funds to be eligible to take part in reverse repo transactions has been halved...

Signina Capital want more regulation

28 September 2010 Luxembourg
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Hedge funds seeking more rigorously regulated jurisdictions to meet investor demand for transparency and governance

EFAMA welcomes regulatory supervision

27 September 2010 Brussels
Reporter: Justin Lawson

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) welcomes the European Parliament's vote last week in the plenary session on the reform of the EU framework for supervision of the financial system

Securities Lending association urges exclusion

22 September 2010 Philadelphia
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

RMA Committee on securities lending urges the IRS and the Treasury to exclude transfers for securities lending transactions from the transfer statement reporting requirements of the proposed cost basis reporting regulations.

IMA shares their views

17 September 2010 London
Reporter: Steven Lafferty

IMA welcomes the European Commission's draft regulation intended to give effect to the G20 agreement to bring the OTC derivatives market into central clearing, as set out in the Toronto Communique.

OTC derivatives market reform

16 September 2010 Frankfurt
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Deutsche Boerse Group welcomes the intended regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties (CCPs), and trade repositories as presented on Wednesday by the European Commission.

SECP approves paper on margin trading

16 September 2010 Karachi
Reporter: Ben Wilkie

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has approved the final concept paper on the proposed leverage product margin trading system.

Short selling disclosure threshold too low

15 September 2010 London
Reporter: Justin Lawson

Proposed short selling disclosure regulations announced today by the European Commission (EC) are too stringent and threaten market efficiency, according to the International Securities Lending Association (ISLA).

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