European Parliament
Investment
The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has postponed today's vote on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive to May 17, in order to give "more consideration to the opinion of the Legal Affairs Committee".
10 May 2010
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Europe
EUROPE - The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (ECON) has postponed today's vote on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive (AIFM) to May 17, in order to give "more consideration to the opinion of the Legal...
10 May 2010
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Europe
EUROPE - The European Parliament economic and monetary affairs committee (EP) reached a compromise agreement on the scope of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive that could allow non EU-domiciled funds to be marketed in Europe.
18 March 2010
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Europe
EUROPE/US - The European Commission has hit back at a letter by US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner warning the implementation of the hedge funds directive could cause a transatlantic rift by discriminating against US firms.
11 March 2010
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Global
GLOBAL/EUROPE - The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has criticised the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive for reducing European Union institutional investors' access to private equity investments.
10 March 2010
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Europe
EUROPE - The current version of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive does not have the qualified majority support in the in the European Council (EC) needed to pass, a document by the EC showed.
02 March 2010
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Europe
EUROPE - The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP) started their scrutiny of the latest draft of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive focusing on the exemption of pension funds and other entities....
24 February 2010
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Defined Benefit
Four senior conservative MEPs are set to launch a legal fight against European Parliament proposals to tackle a £106m deficit in its pension fund.
10 February 2010
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Europe
EUROPE - Four senior conservative members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are set to launch a legal fight against European Parliament proposals to tackle a £106m (US$165.6m) deficit in its pension fund.
10 February 2010
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Europe
EUROPE - The European Commission has adopted additional proposals clarifying the scope of the new European Supervisory Authorities.
27 October 2009
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