EUROPE/US - The European Commission has hit back at a letter by US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner warning the implementation of the hedge funds directive could cause a transatlantic rift by discriminating against US firms.
A spokesman for Michel Barnier, European Union commissioner for internal market and services, said the normal course of an internal EU discussion should be respected. A report by the Financial T...
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