Overview

The weekly financial services update from UK law firm Macfarlanes.

This week’s edition includes details of the FSA giving the go-ahead of tape mobile phone calls and its strategic dialogue meeting with the SEC; the SEC and CESR’s efforts to continue close co-operation over regulatory reform; and the UK government’s call for evidence regarding European contract law.

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CONTENTS

• FSA and SEC hold strategic dialogue meeting
• SEC And CESR announce efforts to continue close co-operation over regulatory reform,
• RDR And platforms
• FSA gives go-ahead to taping mobile phones
• EU Commission public consultation on credit rating agencies
• UK Government calls for evidence regarding European contract law Legislation on legal certainty of securities holding and dispositions
• FSB report on reducing moral hazard posed by SIFIs endorsed by G20
• FSB letter to G20 leads on progress of financial regulatory reforms
• IOSCO publishes final report on private equity conflicts of interest
• G20 declaration from the Seoul summit