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  • SEC Obtains Asset Freeze Of Florida-Based Investment Adviser Defrauding Investors

    Date 23/04/2009

    The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency asset freeze and the appointment of a receiver over a Naples, Fla.-based investment adviser that has been charged with defrauding investors by misrepresenting the nature of $550 million in investments. The receivership and asset freeze also extend to the funds managed by the investment adviser.

  • New York Attorney General Cuomo Letter Regarding Bank Of America - Merrill Lynch Merger

    Date 23/04/2009

    Attached please find a letter and exhibits sent today to certain overseers and regulators of TARP, the Treasury Department, and the banking industry.   Attachments: Bank of America -Merrill Lynch Merger Investigation

  • European Commission: Approval Of New Regulation Will Raise Standards For The Issuance Of Credit Ratings Used In The Community

    Date 23/04/2009

    The European Commission has welcomed the respective approvals from the European Parliament and from the Council on the proposed Regulation on credit rating agencies (CRAs). The Regulation will have a major impact on the activity of credit rating agencies, which issue opinions on creditworthiness of companies, governments and sophisticated financial structures. Credit rating agencies will be expected to comply with strict standards of integrity, quality an

  • EU-Japan High Level Meeting On Financial Issues

    Date 23/04/2009

    The annual EU-Japan High Level Meeting on Financial Issues was held in Brussels on 22 April 2009. This year's meeting provided an important opportunity for senior officials from both sides to exchange views on the global financial crisis just a few weeks after the G20 Summit held in London. Both parties agreed to deepen their cooperation striving for more open and competitive financial services markets with a view to a coordinated response to the crisis.

  • Credit Rating Agencies: Partially Responsible For The Current Financial Crisis Say MEPs

    Date 23/04/2009

    Strict rules to improve transparency and independence of European credit rating were endorsed by the European Parliament on Thursday in Strasbourg when MEPs adopted a legislative report with 569 votes in favour, 47 against and 4 abstentions.