EU talks on rating agencies begin

Talks to hammer out an updated regime for supervising credit rating agencies in the European Union got under way on the 24 November 2010, with European parliamentarians pushing to give a big role to one of the new pan-EU supervisory authorities.

ESO: Background information: Financial services: The European Commission consults on further policy in the field of credit rating agencies http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-financial-services-the-european-commission-consults-on-further-policy-in-the-field-of-credit-rating-agencies/

European Commission: DG Internal Market and Services: Securities: Rating Agencies http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/securities/agencies/index_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-amending-regulation-ec-no-1060-2009-on-credit-rating-agencies/

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