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SEC hits Credit Suisse for almost $200 million

24 February 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Mark Dugdale

Credit Suisse has agreed to pay $196 million after admitting that it broke US securities laws when it provided cross-border brokerage and investment advisory services without registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission...

ISLA welcomes ESMA's easing on collateral

20 February 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

ESMA’s proposal to ease up on certain collateral diversification rules contained in its guidelines for ETFs and other UCITS has been met with open arms by the International Securities Lending Association...

Financial Transaction Tax must respect EU treaties

17 February 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

On 18 February, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will discuss the proposal for an EU11 Financial Transaction Tax (FTT)...

EU's rejection of UK shorting appeal is "skeletal"

13 February 2014 London
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The EU court’s decision to reject Britain’s appeal over short selling is skeletal and in parts opaque, but there is no avenue of appeal, said lawyers from Mayer Brown...

ESMA bulldozes over British pleas on short selling

23 January 2014 Brussels
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

The UK government’s efforts to curb the power of EU financial watchdogs were in vain, after it was ruled that Brussels has the power to ban short selling...

GSF: hair-cutting remarks

22 January 2014 Luxembourg
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Bilateral business is attracting repo participants because central counterparty (CCP) haircut policies are too onerous, said a panel of experts at the 18th Global Securities 91ԭƬ Summit in Luxembourg...

Question of Volcker Rule foreign coverage answered

20 January 2014 New York
Reporter: Georgina Lavers

Frank Mayer, Timothy McTaggart and Jonathan Levin of law firm Pepper Hamilton LLP have asserted that “location, location, location” is the most important aspect of the Volcker Rule’s requirements on foreign banking entities...