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Germany - September 1 2010
On July 13 2010 the Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesfinanzministerium) published an initial draft (Referentenentwurf) of the Restructuring Act (Restrukturierungsgesetz) (Act).
Germany - May 25 2010
Effective as of 19 May 2010 (midnight), the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - BaFin) issued three decrees to stabilise the markets.
France, Germany, USA - May 11 2010
On 28 April 2010, Wolfgang Schauble and Christine Lagarde, the finance ministers of Germany and France respectively, published an article in the Wall Street Journal as an indirect response to letters received from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
European Union - May 11 2010
On 14 April 2010, the Financial Times reported that Jean-Paul Gauzes, the MEP responsible for steering the AIFM Directive through the EU's parliamentary process, had proposed a two tier approach to the registration of non-EU funds, prior to the scheduled vote on the Directive by the Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on 27 April.
European Union - May 11 2010
The European Parliament's Committee on Economic Affairs (ECON) has postponed its vote on the draft directive on alternative investment fund managers (due to be held yesterday) until 17 May, the day before the rescheduled Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) vote on the Spanish Presidency's compromise text.
