Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg

Regulatory arbitrage?

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
May 8, 2014
Michel Barnier, the bloc’s financial-services chief, will seek permission from the 28 EU governments to postpone by six months a deadline to decide on whether U.S. rules for clearing of swaps are as tough as EU standards.

Will EU rules kill UCITS?

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
February 25, 2014
Under the toughened pay rules “there will be no guaranteed bonuses for fund managers and 40% of bonuses must be deferred.

EU’s too-big-to-fail plan seen as too late to win approval

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
January 29, 2014
Michel Barnier, the European Union’s financial services chief, faces opposition to his plans to curb the activities of about 30 of the bloc’s largest banks to prevent them being too big to fail.

EU reins in high-frequency traders to commodity speculators

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
January 15, 2014
European Union lawmakers clinched a deal to put the brakes on high-frequency trading and curb speculation in commodity derivatives.

Basel Committee makes concessions to banks on debt-limit rules

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
January 12, 2014
Global regulators diluted a planned debt limit for banks amid warnings that the measure would penalize low-risk financial activities.

EU puts financial system credibility on line in resolution talks

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
January 7, 2014
The credibility of Europe’s efforts to restore confidence in its financial system hangs in the balance.

EU lawmakers fail to get deal on financial market rules overhaul

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
December 19, 2013
European Parliament lawmakers and national officials failed to clinch a year-end deal to overhaul the bloc’s financial market rulebook.

EU says Gensler derivatives rule clashes with trans-Atlantic pact

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
November 21, 2013
European Union regulators accused the CFTC of reneging on a trans-Atlantic pact on swaps regulation.

High-frequency trades face EU curbs in draft deal, lawmaker says

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
October 22, 2013
European Parliament lawmakers reportedly have reached a draft deal with national governments on high-frequency trading curbs.

EU swaps platforms in limbo as CFTC closed on deadline day

Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg
October 2, 2013
E.U. attempts to win exemptions from U.S. rules for swaps trading platforms have been hampered by the partial shutdown of the U.S. government.