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  • Michel Barnier, the new European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, is set to hold talks with U.K. regulators and government officials March 2 on derivatives reform, financial transaction taxes and the Volcker rule.
  • The European Council released a report this week proposing that hedge funds in Europe disclose to regulators the leverage they employ through over-the-counter derivatives.
  • Stuart Kaswell, general counsel of the Managed Funds Association, has sent a letter to Neal Wolin, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, supporting legislative amendments proposed by ICE Trust and CME Group last year aimed at protecting customer collateral in the event of a counterparty default.
  • Sharon Bowles, chair of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, wants to curb speculative trading of sovereign credit default swaps by enforcing position limits and other ownership restrictions, after seeing spreads gap out on Southern European sovereigns like Greece.
  • The U.K. Financial Services Authority and H.M. Treasury want to extend the Market Abuse Directive to cover credit default swaps.
  • The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined H&R Block Financial Advisors and one of its brokers today in its first enforcement action on reverse convertibles.