EU regulator calls for enhanced role

Eddy Wymeersch, head of the Committee of European Securities Regulators, tells the Financial Times that key areas within European securities markets should be overseen by a single authority.

ESO: Background information: Trichet says regulation must be extended http://www.europeansources.info/record/trichet-says-regulation-must-be-extended/

Committee of European Securities Regulators: Homepage http://www.cesr-eu.org/

CESR: Press Release, 24.2.09: CESR Members re-elect Eddy Wymeersch as Chair and Carlos Tavares as Vice-Chair of CESR http://www.cesr.eu/index.php?page=document_details&id=5603

ESO: Background information: UK makes its presence felt on financial reform http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-makes-its-presence-felt-on-financial-reform/

Spiegel Online International, 25.2.09: Report Calls for New EU Financial Oversight Bodies http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,609916,00.html

ESO: Background information: Pressure to adopt the least-worst option http://www.europeansources.info/record/pressure-to-adopt-the-least-worst-option/

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