摘要：The first actions to be launched in this respect
were the own-initiative reports
passed by the European Parliament on 23
September 2008. First of all, the ¡°Report with
recommendations to the Commission on
hedge funds and private equity¡±. According to
the rapporteur, the former Danish prime minister
and chairman of the Party of European
Socialists (PES), MEP (Member of the European
Parliament) Poul Rasmussen, the Economic
and Monetary Affairs Committee
(ECON) in charge ¡°might have heralded the
end of an era for the financial sector¡± through
its backing of stricter rules. While the ECON
was supposed to focus on the effects on the
financial markets, supervisory issues, etc., the
