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Entries tagged "European Union"Europe officially hates you, hedge fundsA new survey concludes that the EU's private capital directive could lead to ongoing costs of between $1 billion and $1.44 billion as firms act to comply with the new rules. Treasury champions hedge fund cause abroadNot only is the U.S. embroiled in its own financial regulation brouhaha, but now Treasury officials are joining their U.K. counterparts in taking on the EU. AMD comments on Intel EC antitrust fineNot surprisingly, Avanced Micro Devices applauds the European Commission's decision to fine Intel a record $1.45 billion in an antitrust case. Intel will appeal EC $1.45B antitrust fineIntel beats Microsoft's record for biggest antitrust fine levied by the European Commission. Intel vows to appeal. EU plans its own stress testsThe European Union will do stress tests on the banking system as a whole but doesn't plan to release the results. EC promises financial 'tough love'European banks should fear their regulators, the head of the European Union's executive said Tuesday, March 17, signaling a new, aggressive stance by the European watchdog as a high-ranking official declared that hedge funds and private equity shops operating in the EU will be subject to new rules, beginning as soon as next month. "I worry that some banks are still in denial," said Neelie Kroes, the head of the European Commission, in a speech to a conference on industrial competitiveness. "If it takes some tough love to make them face up to their responsibilities, then that's what I... EU credit default swap clearinghouse plan collapsesInitial efforts by the European Union to create a clearinghouse for credit default swaps collapsed Tuesday, after the bloc's executive European Commission couldn't work out the kinks in a draft agreement put together in December.... Sarkozy details sovereign fund schemeFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, founded in 1993 to create a single European market. But there he was in Paris on Thursday railing against "the dictatorship of the market" as he detailed plans to create a French sovereign wealth fund.... EU to match U.S. mark-to-market accounting rulesThe European Union wants its troubled banks to be on the same footing as troubled U.S. banks, prompting EU finance ministers to agree Tuesday to change how the mark-to-market accounting rule is applied in the third quarter. ... EU bailout talk divides Germany and FranceAs the Senate passed the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package and House approval looked increasingly likely, a debate was raging in Europe about whether to craft a similar remedy for the 27-nation EU.... Germany moves against sovereign wealth fundsAs sovereign wealth funds have moved to prop up battered global financial giants -- Barclays Plc, Citigroup Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., and Morgan Stanley, the list goes on and on -- lawmakers have grown increasingly skittish about the clout of these state-owned entities.... Majoras unaware of EU antitrust review issuesOn her last business day as Federal Trade Commission chairman, Deborah Platt Majoras, who's leaving to join Procter & Gamble Co., told a convocation of antitrust lawyers in Washington that she had not heard people suggest that it's more of a struggle for businesses to get mergers approved in the EU than it is in the U.S.... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "European Union." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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