Legal & Regulatory
Europe IPO market booming compared to US
The large volume IPO companies have helped the European IPO boom. The cheap valuations and the strengthening economies were the main factors that put investments to full work in Europe, resulting in a sixfold volume increase in the third quarter for initial public offers in the region.
EU switches burden of bank bailouts from taxpayers
The European Union had switched the burden to aid troubled banks from taxpayers to shareholders, big depositors and bondholders, said a Reuters report.
UK Prime Minister flaunts housing plan and rights on exit agreement
UK Prime Minister David Cameron flaunted his new housing plan at the start of his campaign for the 2015 elections last Sunday, said a Reuters report.
EU imposes rigid fiscal scrutiny
A new era of rigid fiscal scrutiny would be imposed by the European Commission to prevent repeated occurrences of financial turmoil and to aid the region's debt crisis.