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Finance ministers reach agreement on how member-state decisions to authorise central counterparties can be overturned. European Union member states and the European...

Compromise means agreement with European Parliament is likely within days. National finance ministers have reached a deal on proposed legislation governing how the trade...

Commission to reject stock exchange merger. The European Commission looks set to reject a proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext that would create the...

Europe should instead push for a uniform global data set. You wrote in early October that finance ministers from the EU's member states had agreed a mandate for negotiations...

Member states and MEPs reach compromise to restrict speculation as part of limits on short-selling. The European Union has agreed to ban ‘naked' credit default swaps...

Finance ministers seek to regulate trading practice but UK concerned about losing business. National finance ministers reached a deal last week (4 October) ending drawn-out...

Legislation pitted the United Kingdom against the rest of the EU. The member states of the EU have reached agreement on the trading of derivatives – a crucial piece of...

Regulation aims to change the way derivatives in the EU are cleared. European Union member states have reached agreement on the trading of derivatives – a crucial piece of...

Merkel and Sarkozy struck eurozone deal; agreement calms the markets. Facts and figures All eyes on long-term economic plans Rates cut for Ireland and...

The EU must stop placing the short-term benefits of big business over the interests of taxpayers. Many obstacles still need to be overcome within the EU if reforms in...

Crops and land have become another asset class for investors to gamble on. Many obstacles still need to be overcome within the EU if reforms in derivatives markets are to be...

Sarkozy leads calls for greater regulation amid concern about the size of trades being made. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner for the internal market, is ready to...

The EU wants to push through a wide range of financial-service reforms, but critics are concerned that too much is being attempted. It is not hard to see why 2011 could be...

Derivatives trading was identified as a significant contribution to the global financial crisis. Sweeping reform of derivatives markets is one of the cornerstones of the...

Bid to improve transparency on financial markets. MEPs have voted in favour of a new law to standardise derivatives trading.

Compromise deal aims to improve transparency. Finance ministers have reached a compromise deal to limit and improve the transparency of two of the trading practices that...

Vote could put Parliament at odds with member states. MEPs will next week (24 May) vote on proposals to regulate trading in derivatives that could put them at odds with...

Ban on ‘naked' short selling can be suspended if liquidity of debt falls below threshold. EU member states' finance ministers have reached a deal intended to limit and...

Two ways in which draft regulation of derivatives could be improved. Last month, you highlighted differences between the EU's institutions on the European Market...

MEPs and Commission differ over new rules aimed at boosting competition. MEPs are at odds with the European Commission and member states over proposals to regulate trading...