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SIFMA Europe Comment Letters / Position & Briefing Papers

Accounting

20 March 2009
European Securitisation Forum (ESF) and Commercial Mortgage Securities Association Europe® (CMSA-Europe®) Response to IASB Exposure Draft 10 on Consolidated Financial Statements

Capital Requirements

29 April 2009
Joint ESF/ LIBA/ ISDA/ EBF Response to the EU Commission on proposed amendments to the Capital Requirements Directive

April 09
Joint ESF/ IPFed/ ISDA/ LIBA Response to BCBS CP 150 re proposed enhancements to the Basel II framework

13 March 2009
Joint ISDA/ IIF/ LIBA/ IPFed Response on "Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework" (BCBS 148) and "Guidelines for computing capital for incremental risk in the trading book" (BCBS 149)

Clearing & Settlement

23 January 2009
Response to CESR Consultation Paper (08-749) on Draft Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems and Central Counterparties

Credit Rating

27 April 2009
EU Parliament seminar: "Credit Rating Agencies and their role in the future regulatory framework", Brussels - speech by Bertrand Huet, Managing Director, EU Legal and Regulatory Counsel

20 March 2009
Second Briefing note on reviewed EP amendments and draft compromise amendments on EC Proposal on CRAs: Key issues for users of ratings

16 March 2009
Briefing note on EP amendments and draft compromise amendments on EC Proposal on CRAs: Key issues for users of ratings

EU & International Regulatory Reform

29 May 2009
SIFMA Members Only
Joint IIAC/ JSDA/ LIBA/ SIFMA Letter Regarding Financial Stability Board Role in Preventing Financial Protectionism

27 April 2009
SIFMA Members Only
Joint SIFMA/ LIBA/ AFMA/ IIAC/ JSDA Letter to the Financial Stability Board

9 April 2009
Joint LIBA/ SIFMA/ ISDA Response to EC Communication and de Larosière Report

23 March 2009
SIFMA G20 Briefing Paper

9 March 2009
Joint SIFMA/ LIBA/ ICMA/ ISDA/ FOA/ IIAC Briefing for the London Summit

Government Bonds

19 March 2009
EPDA Briefing Note: "Towards a Common European T-Bill" - March 2009

Hedge Funds

30 April 2009
ICSA Letter to IOSCO on Hedge Funds

30 January 2009
Letter to the European Union (DG Internal Market) issued by SIFMA Prime Brokerage Committee

Market Abuse

10 January 2009
Response to Consultation by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR/08-717) on Third Set of CESR Level 3 Guidance and Information on the Common Operation of the Market Abuse Directive regarding Stabilisation Activities

Market-Led Initiatives

8 May 2009
Corporate Actions Joint Working Group: Market Standards for Corporate Actions Processing

19 February 2009
ESF's RMBS Issuer Principles for Transparency and Disclosure

MiFID

9 January 2009
Response to CESR's call for evidence on MIFID impact on secondary markets

Post-Trade Transparency

20 February 2009
Joint SIFMA/ EHYA/ ESF/ LIBA/ BBA/ ICMA/ ISDA Consolidated Response to CESR Consultation Paper (CP) on Transparency of Corporate Bond, Structured Finance Product, and Credit Derivatives Markets

Remuneration

18 May 2009
Joint LIBA/ SIFMA Response to FSA Consultation Paper 09/10: Reforming remuneration practices in financial services

7 May 2009
Joint LIBA/ SIFMA/ ISDA Response to European Commission Consultation on Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) and Remuneration

3 April 2009
Joint LIBA-SIFMA Response to the CEBS Consultation on Remuneration Principles

Rights Issue

26 January 2009
Joint SIFMA/ LIBA Letter to FSA on Consultation CP 09-4 Regarding Shortening of Rights Issue Subscription Period

Short Selling

4 May 2009
ICSA Letter to IOSCO on Short Selling

24 April 2009
Joint SIFMA/ LIBA/ ISDA/ ISLA Response to the FSA Consultation on Short Selling

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