Geithner insists on AIFM changes

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US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner has written to four European finance ministers urging them not to discriminate against foreign players in the alternative investment space as they continue negotiations on the Alternative Investment Fund Manager directive.

In a letter to Alistair Darling, Wolfgang Schäuble, Christine Lagarde and Elena Salgado Méndez, Geithner wrote: "I hope you will keep in mind our shared commitment to create regulatory reform...

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