Europe pushing transparency as answer to market turmoil
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With no end in sight to the current credit crisis, Europe&#39;s finance chiefs have launched a drive to lift the shroud of opacity over the rarefied world of high finance, which they blame for the turmoil.
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Can Europeâs economy stay on track even if the U.S. economy goes off the rails? This old question is being asked with new urgency across the Continent.
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The European Union's executive office said Thursday it wants to require companies to disclose the use of accounting practices that keep assets off balance sheets to prevent more big accounting scandals.
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The European Commission is rolling back a plan to provide greater protection to investors in the $15 trillion European market for corporate and government bonds, bowing to opposition from the worldÂs biggest banks and the financial regulator in London. The commission, based in Brussels, indicated that it would allow traders to police themselves instead of requiring the same data about bonds as it requires for stocks. The Financial Services Authority said it opposed any rules that required banks to provide current prices or the value of securities they buy and sell.
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EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said on Monday that foreign state-backed investment funds are a great opportunity although they have to increase transparency on their investments.
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Europe's bourses opened higher after Wall Street climbed late on on confirmation of the PeopleSoft/Oracle merger. In the early evening European time, the US Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by a further quarter of a percentage point.
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Signs of shaky economies in France and Germany have sharpened worries about Europe's less-than-robust recovery - and underscored the struggle to shake up regulation-clogged economies in countries that use the ...
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A look at how Societe General's trading scandal unfolded:
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New problems in America and Europe,  wrought by the faltering U.S. mortgage sector, jolted financial  markets on Wednesday as investors looked for a rapid central  bank response.
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U.S. stock exchange regulators on   Wednesday issued a statement meant to calm fears in Europe   about U.S. regulatory overreach related to the proposed merger   of the New York Stock Exchange NYX.N and Euronext ENXT.PA.
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Swiss bank UBSâs string of stinging financial disclosures is  symptomatic of how the subprime drama has unfolded in Europe and is stoking fears of more shocks to come.
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Blink and you might have missed it. A few months ago, economists were celebrating Europe's long-awaited return to growth. Now, as the European Central Bank policy board meets on Thursday, come hints that the upturn may have peaked.
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Swiss bank UBSâs string of stinging financial disclosures is symptomatic of how the subprime drama has unfolded in Europe and is stoking fears of more shocks to come.
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Denies responsibility for past intrusions The European Central Bank has put its weight behind transatlantic talks that the EU hopes will secure the privacy of European citizens from the prying eyes of US anti-terrorist investigators.â¦
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European financial markets stabilized yesterday after the U.S. interest-rate cut, as political leaders sought to calm sell-off fears by assuring Europeans that economic problems were in the United States, not their countries.
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Software on the Seine, anyone? Backup in Budapest? VTL from Vienna? And why not. Europeans have far more experience when it comes to dealing with data regulatory issues than we do.
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"We cannot allow a few speculators to bring down the whole international system, borrowing under any conditions they like and buying at any price they want and without knowing who is lending"  French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called here on Monday for more transparency on international finance markets. via XtraMSN Real Estate