343 results about this entity
Period: 16 Nov 2001 - 19 Dec 2024
News
The influential EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has called for an outright ban on speculative trading in certain derivatives contracts and the imposition of higher capital requirements for firms handling contracts that are not cleared centrally.
03 June 2010
The European Commission has secured the approval of MEPs to re-open negotiations with the US over the provision of access to EU financial messaging data passed over the international Swift network.
23 April 2010
European parliamentarians are demanding limitations on bank data transfers to the US and the right of legal redress for EU citizens under a new deal hatched between Brussels and US authorities over Swift data sharing arrangements.
08 April 2010
The European Commission is considering setting up a system to track terrorist financing which would require the US to hand over citizen bank transaction data. The move comes as the EC prepares to reopen negotiations with the US on access to EU bank accounts after previous arrangements were torpedoed by the European Parliament.
26 March 2010
British, Dutch and Swiss regulators have agreed a new framework for linkages between clearing counterparties in an effort to allay fears about systemic risks and inject fresh competition into the market.
12 February 2010
The European Parliament has voted to scrap a controversial agreement to allow US authorities access to EU banking data transmitted over the international Swift network.
11 February 2010
The European Union is set to follow in the footsteps of US authorities by instituting a probe into the impact of computer-driven trading on stock market practices, according to a report by Bloomberg.
20 January 2010
The European Commission (EC) has unveiled economic simulation software it says could help prevent future financial crises.
30 November 2009
The European Commission has accused Standard & Poor's of unfair pricing of fees charged for stock data codes and abusing its dominant position as the sole-appointed National Numbering Agency (NNA) for US International Securities Identification Numbers (Isins).
19 November 2009
The European Commission has opened anti-trust proceedings against Thomson Reuters over possible abuse of its dominant market position in the supply of Reuters Instrument Codes.
10 November 2009
The European Payments Council has called on EU authorities to initiate a Sepa communications campaign "comparable to that afforded for the euro introduction" to kick start public support for the Single Euro Payments Area project.
13 October 2009
The European Commission is in talks with member states about setting a deadline for the migration of national payment schemes to the new Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) after a public consultation exercise showed widespread support for the move.
01 October 2009
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