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Regulation to cost €33bn

Study reveals new regulatory demands will force financial services in the EU to spend €33.3bn over the next three years

Italian pension funds fight their case

As a result of the financial turmoil engulfing the country, Italian pension fund providers are having to hold one emergency meeting after another, as they try to find a resolution to the fact that they are very much exposed to the nation’s sovereign debt

EU hedge fund plan threatens economy

EU plans to regulate managers of hedge funds and other alternative investments need changing to avoid damaging Europe’s economy and curbing investor choice, a report from British lawmakers said. In April last year the bloc proposed that managers in the EU must register, comply with leverage caps, appoint an independent valuer and make disclosures to […]

EU must take long look at bio-energy CO2 emissions

The EU’s efforts to establish the full carbon emissions from burning bio-energy is an all but impossible task, illustrating the difficulty of trying to cut humankind’s environmental impact

EU reform plans target fairer farm subsidies

The EU’s executive has proposed making farm subsidies fairer and more environmentally friendly, in a bid to win support for keeping EU agricultural spending at €55bn-a-year up to 2020

Up in the air

Eva Dou weighs up if Europe is ready to put its data in the air and harness cloud computing

At the end of the day it’s all in the finish

For the World Match Racing Tour, 2010 proved to be a defining year, where the ISAF World Championship was won on the final day of the final event of the season

Mika Vehviläinen

Anybody taking on the job of running a government-owned airline these days can expect turbulence. But when it’s an airline in trouble like national flag-carrier Finnair, there’s always the risk of coming down in flames.

Marijn Dekkers

Unafraid to make wholesale changes, Bayer’s leader has forced the giant to step up a gear

Lars Nyberg

One of Sweden’s most successful sons rarely ever shies away from a challenge

Jan Hommen

Asked to pull up the standards of flailing ING Group, Hommen has turned things around with apparent ease

Europe’s secret entrepreneur

The European Training Foundation (ETF) has found a new lease of life under new director Madlen Serban

EU to include commodities in new markets rules

The European Commission has said it intends to use a its plan to reform financial markets to rein in speculation on commodities markets, notably by reinforcing controls and extend the market abuse legislation. The European Commissioner in charge of financial reform services Michel Barnier made the announcement in the opening speech of a conference on […]

Austrian gambling curbs are illegal – EU court

Austria’s gambling restrictions infringe EU laws, Europe’s highest court said, handing a second victory in as many days to a multi-billion euro betting industry seeking to break domestic monopolies. The verdict by the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) came a day after it ruled Germany’s gambling rules breach EU law. The ECJ had in […]

Barroso says EU economic recovery gathering pace

Economic recovery is gathering pace in the European Union and growth this year will be higher than initially forecast, according to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. In a policy speech to the European Parliament in the French city of Strasbourg, the head of the EU executive said structural reforms must be accelerated in the […]

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