International Organization of Securities Commissions

• Benchmark Rates Should Reflect Real Data, Iosco Says

  By Jim Brunsden and Lindsay Fortado, Bloomberg  |  April 16, 2013

  Global regulators want rates to be based on ‘observable transactions.’

• EU May Require Cash Buffer for Money Funds

  By Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg  |  March 29, 2013

  European regulators consider tighter restrictions on funds.

• Barclays Backs Libor Based on Transactions

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  March 12, 2013

  BlackRock and CME argue against limiting input to transaction data.

• Swap Clearinghouses 'New Too-Big-to-Fail' Post Dodd-Frank

  By Matthew Leising and Bradley Keoun, Bloomberg  |  December 21, 2012

  Some bankers and academics are concerned about concentration of risk.

• Money Funds Should Have Risk Limits: IOSCO

  By Ben Moshinsky, Bloomberg  |  October 10, 2012

  Global regulators also want money funds to conduct regular stress tests.

• EU Lawmakers Probe Rate-Rigging

  By Ben Moshinsky and Jim Brunsden, Bloomberg  |  September 24, 2012

  CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler to testify before European Parliament panel.

• Manipulation Possible in Benchmarks Besides Libor

  By Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg  |  September 20, 2012

  Fewer than half of benchmark rates are based on actual transactions, according to IOSCO.

• Schapiro Meets Bipartisan Criticism

  By Steven Sloan, Bloomberg  |  June 21, 2012

  Senators from both parties skeptical of SEC chairman’s attempt to overhaul money-fund regulations.

• CDS Short Sales’ Effect on Bond Market Indeterminate (Reuters)

  By Susan Kelly, Shaunacy Ferro  |  June 18, 2012

  New study says it cannot be proved that short sales worsened Greece’s debt issues.

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  House OKs Margin Exemption

  By John Hintze  |  March 30, 2012

  Even if measure becomes law, corporate end users of derivatives could face higher costs. (Michael Bopp of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher)