Regulatory Engagement

One of the mandates of the HFSB is to maintain links with stakeholders, including regulators and other supervisory bodies. The list below sets out recent regulatory engagement of the HFSB and other useful regulatory development-related links

 

• EU Commission Consultation Paper on Short Selling
  
  • HFSB Response (July 2010)

• Draft Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM)
  • Latest Spanish compromise Proposal (01.03.2010)
  • Spanish Presidency Feedback Report (26.02.2010)
    
  • Revised Spanish Presidency Proposal (01.02.2010)
    
  • Issues Note by the Spanish Presidency (11.01.2010)
    
  • Draft Report by the Rapporteur (J.-P. Gauzès) of the ECON Committee (23.11.2009)
    
  • Revised Swedish Presidency Proposal (25.11.2009)
    
  • Analysis of the Commission's Impact Assessment (requested by the ECON Committee) [10/2009]
    
  • European Central Bank (ECB) Opinion on the AIFM Directive
    
  • Impact Assement of the proposed AIFM Directive across Europe (prepared by CRA for the UK FSA) [10/2009]
    
  • AIFM Issues Note from the Swedish Presidency (09/2009)
    
  • HFSB Statement on the Draft Directive (04/2009)
    
  • AIFM Directive (Commission Proposal 04/2009)
    
  • Report of the de Larosière Group (02/2009)
    
  • European Commission consultation on Hedge Funds (02/2009):
    • HFSB Response
      
    • Consultation Document of the European Commission
      

• UK Treasury Inquiry into Proposals for European Macro and Micro Prudential Financial Regulation (11/2009)
  
  • HFSB Response
    
  • Treasury Committee Inquiry
    

• Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR): Consultation on the CESR proposal for a Pan-European Short Selling Disclosure Regime (09/2009)
  • HFSB Response. Please see further responses in relation to short selling below (FSA, IOSCO, CESR)
  • CESR Consultation Paper
    

• House of Lords: European Union Committee Call for Evidence: Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (09/2009)
  
  • HFSB Response
  • House of Lords European Union Comittee Call for Evidence
    

• FSA Consultation: A regulatory response to the global banking crisis (06/2009)
  • FSA Feedback (09/2009)
  • HFSB Response (06/2009)
  • FSA Discussion Paper (03/2009)
  • Turner Review: "A wide ranging review of global banking regulation"

• FSA Consultation (DP 09/01) on Short Selling (05/2009)
  • FSA Feedback (09/2009)
  • HFSB Response (05/2009)
  • FSA Consultation Document (02/2009)

• IOSCO Consultation on Regulation of Short Selling (05/2009)
  • IOSCO Final Report on regulation of short selling ("four high level principles for effective regulation of shortselling") (06/2009)
  • HFSB Response (05/2009)
  • IOSCO Consultation Document (03/2009)

• IOSCO Consultation on Hedge Funds Oversight (04/2009)
  • IOSCO publishes systemic risk data requirements for hedge funds (02/2010)
  • IOSCO Final Report ("six high level principles") (06/2009)
  • HFSB Response (04/2009)
  • IOSCO Consultation Document (03/2009)

• UK Treasury Committee call for evidence on the Banking Crisis (01/2009)
  • HFSB Written Evidence (p. 211)
  • The Hearing
  • Treasury Committee Website
    

• Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) call for evidence on regulation on short selling (01/2009)
  • CESR Recommendation for a Pan-European short selling disclosure regime (02.03.2010)
  • Overview on Measures adopted by CESR members on short selling (updated 08/2009)
  • HFSB Response
  • CESR Call for Evidence
    
  • All Responses
    
  • Antonio Borges' Speech at the CESR Conference in February 2009
    

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