# Hedge funds and private equity

European Parliament procedure 2007/2238(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 6th term, committee ECON / EMPL / JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 263 committee amendments tabled by 21 Members between 2008-05-08 and 2008-05-19.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns hedge funds and private equity. Amendments debate whether specific EU regulation exists or is justified, weigh the funds' role in providing liquidity, price discovery and market efficiency against concerns over financial stability, leverage, valuation of illiquid instruments and herding in times of market turmoil, and call for better supervisory cooperation, transparency and, in some versions, a voluntary code of conduct.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon BOWLES | United Kingdom | ALDE | 49 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33570.md |
| Wolf KLINZ | Germany | ALDE | 44 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28244.md |
| Piia-Noora KAUPPI | Finland | PPE-DE | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4258.md |
| Astrid LULLING | Luxembourg | PPE | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1186.md |
| Kurt Joachim LAUK | Germany | PPE-DE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28222.md |
| John PURVIS | United Kingdom | PPE-DE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/729.md |
| Thomas MANN | Germany | PPE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1922.md |
| Katalin LÉVAI | Hungary | PSE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28200.md |
| Ieke van den BURG | Netherlands | PSE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4483.md |
| Eoin RYAN | Ireland | UEN | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28113.md |
| José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL | Spain | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1992.md |
| Sahra WAGENKNECHT | Germany | GUE/NGL | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28250.md |
| Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU | Greece | PPE-DE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28571.md |
| Gabriele STAUNER | Germany | PPE-DE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4293.md |
| Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES | Cyprus | GUE/NGL | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28514.md |

## Official source documents

- PE405.953: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-405.953+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE406.038: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-406.038+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE406.138: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-406.138+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2007-2238-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2007-2238-INI.json

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