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  Global Regulatory Briefing  

        (I) REGULATORY REFORM   US - U.S. Senator Dodd boosts Fed risk oversight in financial reform bill   EU - EU hedge fund rules stalled, UK digs in heels   EU - Schaeuble calls for closer euro zone integration, details monetary fund   EU – ECB’s Trichet, European Monetary Fund idea “deserves examination”   US - Bernanke defends Fed small-bank supervision role   US - Citi to boost proprietary trading unit - report   US – White House rips business lobby over financial reform   US - Big majority in U.S. wants Wall Street regulation   (II) FINANCIAL CRISIS & ECONOMY   US - Examiner sees accounting gimmicks in Lehman demise                    

MARCH 18, 2010

  US US earns $33 million on rescued-bank warrant auctions - in week   EU – European central banker says to phase out emergency lending   US - US bank regulators may extend crisis-era guarantee   US - U.S. thrift regulator defends industry, agency   EU - Big EU insurers resilient in stress test - watchdog   (III) ENFORCEMENT & SUPERVISION   US - Judge won't modify core of 2003 U.S. financial analyst “firewall” dea   l GERMANY - Germany's Merkel considering risk charge on banks - paper   AUSTRALIA – Central bank says Australian bank rate rises outpace funding costs  

GLOBAL REGULATORY BRIEFING  

MARCH !8

(X) TRADE & CROSS BORDER   SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Arabia approves first ETF open for   foreigners   JAPAN/TAIWAN – Taiwan exchange eyes ETF cross-listing with Tokyo – report   AUSTRALIA - Australia tells Beijing to stay out of iron ore talks   ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe central bank head attacks planned company seizure   TAIWAN - Taiwan approves China financial investment rules   TAIWAN - Taiwan to seek tax-free status for LCD panels in China talks   (XI) STATE ENTERPRISES   UK - Mandelson: UK should consider state investment fund   SINGAPORE - Ex-Morgan Stanley banker to step down as Temasek senior MD   CHINA - China state seen fund open to shorting stocks   (XII) COMMODITIES & ENERGY   INDIA - India puts off nuclear bill after opposition protests   CANADA - More regulation needed for Canada oil sands - report   CHINA/ARGENTINA - CNOOC to buy stake in Argentina's Bridas   CZECH REPUBLIC - Czechs seek to temper solar investment boom   (XIII) ISLAMIC FINANCE   MALAYSIA - Malaysian body creates new Islamic reinsurance model   INDUSTRIAL POLICY   MALAYSIA Malaysia plans new economic model for growth   - SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa land nationalization called threat to investment   TELECOMS & INTERNET   US - US broadband plan aims to boost speed, wireless   CHINA - China warns Google to obey rules even if it pulls out   AUSTRALIA - Greens threaten to sink Telstra split   THAILAND - Thai AIS jumps on report government won't pursue claims   UAE - UAE restricts VoIP to local firms - regulator   MEDIA & PRESS FREEDOM   US - Website's instant posts of Wall Street research banned   ITALY - Group takes Berlusconi to rights court on TV control   VENEZUELA - Venezuela's Chavez calls for Internet controls   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS   PEOPLE   SOUTH KOREA – SOUTH Korea names OECD envoy as central bank chief   US - Yellen, 2 others lead picks for U.S. Fed   US - US regulator FINRA's enforcement chief steps down   HUNGARY - Next Hungary government may try to oust central bank head - report  

UK - UK's FSA bulks up for tougher supervision   UK - UK's FSA charges banker, wife with insider dealing, seeks extradition of third   UK - UK bank customers to get overdraft opt-out option   US – U.S. bank regulator says jury still out on overdraft fees   IRELAND - Police arrest Anglo Irish Bank's former chairman   US - Wachovia pays $160 million to settle drug-money probe   RUSSIA - Russia corruption “may force Western firms to quit”   US/INDIA - US accounting watchdog sanctions Satyam's auditors   (IV) ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL STANDARDS   UK - UK's Myners says curbs needed on bank margins   GLOBAL - IASB: single set of accounting rules on track   EU – EU central banker backs higher risk margins for low- rated bonds   UK - UK's FSA sees British bank capital levels easing   FRANCE - France says new Basel bank proposals too severe   GLOBAL - Regulation to trigger bank M&A - Rothschild exec   (V) TAX   RUSSIA – Russia plans capital-gains tax breaks for investors – report   GLOBAL IMF's Strauss-Kahn casts doubt on transaction tax   - US – IRS says new UBS-style foreign bank prosecution "shortly"   SWITZERLAND – Credit Suisse sees withholding tax on Germans' accounts - paper   US – U.S. tax-cheat probers likely to get peek at HSBC accounts   (VI) DERIVATIVES   EU - EU's Barnier pledges to tackle speculators   (VII) EXCHANGES AND TRADING PRACTICES   UK – UK regulatory chief doubts value of high-speed share trading   US – U.S. regulator to propose new co-location rule   EU - EU's Barnier says will tackle short-selling   EU - Splintered Europe share market seen ripe for abuse   EU - SmartPool plans pan-Europe dark pool data service   NIGERIA - Nigeria court voids election of stock market president   US - Direct Edge set to become 4th U.S. stock exchange   (VIII) FUNDS MANAGEMENT   US - FDIC sets private-equity rules meeting - sources   (IX) CURRENCY   US - US Senate bill threatens stiff penalties on China   CHINA - World Bank tells China to tighten policy   CHINA - China adviser proposes forex transaction tax - report   JAPAN – Bank of Japan’s Shirakawa says latest step not aimed at forex   POLAND - Polish regulator mulls limits on forex lending   SOUTH AFRICA - S.African central banker warns on carry trade   INDIA - India to gradually move to rupee convertibility- finance minister       WEEK IN BRIEF   The U.S. Congress generated a lot of heat this week: senators pressured China to let the yuan climb after China dismissed U.S. complaints about the currency, and Republicans snarled over a proposed Senate Democratic bill to overhaul financial regulation. British regulators lashed out over bank margins and high- frequency traders, and EU finance ministers fell short in their efforts to reach agreement on new hedge fund regulations. This Briefing is produced by Reuters News. Contact [e-mail] for more information, or to be added to the distribution list. © Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. This information is being distributed free of charge. Thomson Reuters is not liable for any inaccuracies or other errors or delay in the information or for any reliance on it. This Global Regulatory Briefing contains headlines and summaries only and therefore you should refer for more detail or verification to the original sources. Republication or redissemination of this information without Thomson Reuters prior written consent is prohibited.