Brown intervenes in planned EU-hedge fund directive (Headlines)
European Union finance ministers on Tuesday abandoned efforts to get a compromise deal over the EUâ??s controversial proposals to reform hedge funds and private equity after a last-minute intervention by Gordon Brown, the British prime minister.
Geithner warns EU on hedge fund regulation (Headlines)
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned the European Commission that its plans to regulate hedge funds and private equity groups could spark a transatlantic row, according to a report.