Dear Dr Hazel Henderson Today’s top stories European Commission asks ECB, Joint Research Centre to conduct IORP II impact studies EUROPE – Brussels seeks to gauge potential impact on markets, occupational pension funds. …
EIOPA, ABP, PFZW, ATP, Crédit Agricole, Ahold, Euroclear, IPE-Quest
Today’s top stories EIOPA asks for more independence, ‘enhanced’ mandate EUROPE – Chairman suggests partial financing of independent budget by levying fees on industry. Read more… …
Tobin tax threatens economic viability of ‘repo’ market – ICMA
We at Ethical Markets have advocated a financial transactions tax for many years and now it is need more than ever to curb high-frequency trading , best as a “ cancellation fee” since most HFT orders are cancelled within milliseconds and are just a form of “ front-running” – Hazel …