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The type of securities held as collateral in ETFs is under greater scrutiny, prompting issuers to become more transparent. Helen Fowler reports
ETFs and other equity-like instruments would be subject to the same transparency rules as shares, under proposed changes to European financial market regulations revealed last week.
Pensions reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards should be explained more simply with more disclosure of the uncertainties around accounting estimates.
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Financial intermediaries have accused EU legislators of proposing to implement new financial services regulation which contravene its own discrimination laws.
Current proposals put forward by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) concerning eligible assets for investment under Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) regulations have been called too prescriptive by the Investment Management Association (IMA).
Compliance and the role of intermediaries are on the agenda of the first consultation paper on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID) today delivered to the European Commission by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR).
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