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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10905

23 August 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 13
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) finance
New money market rules to be unveiled

Brussels, 22/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier will unveil draft legislation on money market funds on Wednesday 4 September.

There are a lot of money market funds in France and Ireland, where they are used as shadow banking by investors although they are not subject to the prudential capital and liquidity rules of the banks, explain people close to the Commissioner. The idea is not to force the funds to meet the same rules as the banks, but rather to...