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  • BM&FBOVESPA Board Meeting - April 28th, 2009

    Date 29/04/2009

    Click here to download the minutes of the BM&FBOVESPA Board Meeting held on April 28th, 2009.

  • Financial Services: European Commission Proposes EU Framework For Managers Of Alternative Investment Funds

    Date 29/04/2009

    The European Commission has proposed a Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM). The proposed Directive is an important part of the European Commission's response to the financial crisis, as set out in the Communication on Driving European Recovery. It aims to create a comprehensive and effective regulatory and supervisory framework for AIFM in the European Union. AIFM, which include the managers of hedge funds and private equity funds, ma

  • Financial Services Sector Pay: European Commission Sets Out Principles On Remuneration Of Risk-Taking Staff In Financial Institutions

    Date 29/04/2009

    The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation on remuneration in the financial services sector. It recommends that Member States should ensure that financial institutions have remuneration policies for risk-taking staff that are consistent with and promote sound and effective risk-management. The Recommendation sets out guidelines on the structure of pay, on the process of design and implementation of remuneration policies and on the role of superv

  • Financial Services: European Commission Proposes Better Investor Protection Measures For Packaged Retail Investment Products

    Date 29/04/2009

    The European Commission has committed to delivering important improvements to investor protection measures for the main investment products bought by retail investors. Inconsistencies in existing standards can be detrimental to investors and can lead to competitive distortions in the retail investment market. The Commission's conclusions, set out in the Communication on Packaged Retail Investment Products, are that product information requirements and ru

  • SEC Halts Beverly Hills Hedge Fund Fraud

    Date 29/04/2009

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today obtained a court order halting a fraudulent scheme in Beverly Hills, Calif., in which investors were coaxed into investing in two hedge funds that purportedly held more than $800 million in assets when in fact the funds lost money and have less than $1 million in assets.