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WASHINGTON, July 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To help promote a safer and sounder financial system, preventing a future crisis and restoring consumer confidence, the European Commission today proposed changes to existing European rules to further improve protection for bank account holders and retail investors.
The adoption of today's package marks the Commission's latest endeavour to bring transparency and responsibility to Europe's financial system in order to prevent and manage future crises," said European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, Michel Barnier.
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... that joint inspections bring to the markets. . The PCAOB's negotiations in Europe appear to bee going better. "[European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Mich...
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LONDON (HedgeWorld.com) - A "high-powered" expert group is looking at whether European Union legislation would make Europe more hospitable to hedge funds.
Charles McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, in a speech yesterday [May 24] said that a group selected by the Commission is expected to report back next month. An open hearing will be held on July 19 in Brussels to discuss their findings, and a white paper on the subject will follow in the fall.
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Many CPA firms use engagement letters containing clauses that seek to minimize their exposure to legal liabilities for audits, reviews, compilations, and other professional services. In September 2006, the AICPA's Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) issued an exposure draft (ED) to interpret Rule 101 that updated a similar September 2005 exposure draft. In light of the comment letters and other evidence, the PEEC abandoned the exposure draft and, instead, issued Ethics Interpretation 501-8. This interpretation recognized that individual regulators have already adopted rules that restrict the use of certain clauses in audit or other attestation engagements. Mitigating risk through limited liability clauses is a complicated issue for US auditors. The AICPA's issuance of Ethics ...
...The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom view this matter... National Association of Insurance Commissioners, through the Annual Financial Reporting Model Regu... increased audit risk from growing markets and globalization. EU audit firms face huge potent... McCreevy, European commissioner for internal market and services, speech to the U.S. Chamber of...
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... in public and we also consider the recent Market Participants Group Final Report on Audit Choice. F... a public consultation launched by the European Commission. The consultation in question dealt wit... year, Charlie McCreevy, the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, has stated that ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should not delay or weaken planned changes to the government oversight of financial markets, a top European official warned on Friday [June 3].
Officials on both sides of the Atlantic are engaging in regulatory gamesmanship, defending their efforts to implement changes, while noting that the other side must be as vigilant. U.S. and EU officials are pushing back against the idea that either will favor lax regulation as a way to attract capital and more financial services business to their shores.
... to Europe," Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, said in a speech...
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When the credit crisis struck in the fall of 2008, there were $57 trillion in outstanding notional amount of CDS.2 In each of the preceding three years, the amount of CDS had nearly doubled.3 In 2004, positions in CDS stood at $4-5 trillion.4 The market for CDS had grown virtually overnight, largely outside regulatory scrutiny. Because of the possibility of regulatory arbitrage, there is a case not just for CCP clearing but also for regulatory convergence or harmonization.
... global financial crisis, American and European regulators quickly converged on a reform intended ...There, the Financial Services Act of 1986 and the Financial Services and Markets..., ranging from the ECB, the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, the European Cou...
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...Our teams in banking and financial services will also be providing their insight into the issu.... The issue have been followed by the market with some interest in the expectation that other EEuropean banks that need to raise capital will want to do s.... The European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, Michel Barni...
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... its innovative and fast-paced financial markets. The City continues to play this vital role. Accor... United States, working with our UK and European partners, strongly supports policy initiatives foc... Christopher Cox and European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services Charlie McCre...
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HONORING AMERICANS
In a message for Memorial Day, the Afghan ambassador mourned the loss of American troops fighting to save his country from Taliban terrorists.
...* Michel Barnier, the European Union's commissioner for internal market and servi... and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts,...