simple contract

contract by parol | informal contract | parol contract | simple contract

naked credit default swap | naked CDS [Abbr.]

solder mask over bare copper | SMOBC

immunization with DNA

DNA vaccine | naked DNA vaccine | purified DNA vaccine

with the naked eye | with the unaided eye | with the unassisted eye

false loose smut

hull-less barley

In times of financial instability, certain financial transactions such as short selling, ‘naked short selling’* and credit default swaps bear the risk of aggravating any downward spiral in the prices of shares, especially in banks, threatening their viability and creating risks to the whole banking system.

28. Insists on strong measures to curb financial market speculation; highlights that immediate urgency measures are needed to prohibit naked short-selling and trading in credit default swaps and to establish a public European rating agency; points out that hedge funds and private equity funds should be prohibited to operate in the EU or at least severely restricted and offshore centres closed down; calls on the Commission and the Council to speed up tighter regulation of financial sector oversight;

18. Insists on strong measures to curb financial market speculation; highlights that immediate urgency measures are needed to prohibit naked short-selling and trading in credit default swaps and to establish a public European rating agency; points out that hedge funds and private equity funds should be prohibited to operate in the EU or at least severely restricted, offshore centres closed down, and also investments of pension funds strictly limited to European government bonds, with no investment allowed in hedge or private equity funds, foreign exchange, derivatives and equity; calls on the Commission and the Council to speed up tig ...[+++]hter regulation of financial sector oversight;