Analysis: "Naked" CDS ban and euro zone calm
LONDON - The surprising stability of euro government bonds this year owes much to the European Central Bank's powerful pledge of support, but many wonder if regulation to limit speculation also plays a part.
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Cameron confronts opposition over media regulation
LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he would champion self-regulation for Britain's scandal-tainted press, bucking a key recommendation of his own media inquiry and setting up what might be a bruising confrontation with the opposition and his own coalition partners....
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LSE Revises Offer for LCH
The London Stock Exchange Group revised its offer to €15 ($19.78) per share for a 60% stake in clearinghouse LCH.Clearnet, as the companies inched toward an agreement that has been delayed by new European regulations.
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Too European To Fail? New E.U. Banking Safety Net Takes Shape
The agreement by E.U. leaders to establish a pan-European supervisory system for banks is an important political breakthrough in the drive to shore up the euro-zone’s financial stability, and by European standards it was reached relatively quickly — just seven months after the idea was first put on the table. Starting in March 2014, the European Central Bank will begin directly supervising all banks in the euro-zone with assets above 30 billion euros ($40 billion), which in practice means about 80% of them. The aim is to provide a far more rigorous oversight for the European banking system than the patchwork of national regulators who are at times prone to domestic political influence. Indeed, the financial crisis in 2007 has exposed the extent to which banking regulation is highly politicized in countries including Spain, where the woes of a handful of savings and loans have plunged the entire nation into crisis and led to the ouster of the head of the central bank. But, as so often ...
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Too European To Fail? New EU Banking Safety Net Takes Shape
The agreement by EU leaders to establish a pan-European supervisory system for banks is an important political breakthrough in the drive to shore up the euro-zone’s financial stability, and by European standards it was reached relatively quickly — just seven months after the idea was first put on the table. Starting in March 2014, the European Central Bank will begin directly supervising all banks in the euro-zone with assets above 30 billion euros ($40 billion), which in practice means about 80% of them. The aim is to provide a far more rigorous oversight for the European banking system than the patchwork of national regulators who are at times prone to domestic political influence. Indeed, the financial crisis in 2007 has exposed the extent to which banking regulation is highly politicized in countries including Spain, where the woes of a handful of savings and loans have plunged the entire nation into crisis and led to the ouster of the head of the central bank. But, as so often in ...
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