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Sharon Bowles

Type: Person

Name: Sharon Bowles

Title: Politician

Organization: Liberal Democratic Party

Date of Birth: 12/06/1953

Place of Birth: Oxford

Nationality: United Kingdom

Fact Sheet: Biography for Sharon Bowles

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

Bowles ratifies new EU law on statistics

Sharon Bowles MEP, Chair of the influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in the European Parliament, has overseen the signing into law of ESA 2010, the European System of National and Regional Accounts, after a successful campaign to improve ... [Published CCR Magazine - May 22 2013]

Entities: Sharon Bowles, European Union, European Space Agency

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

David Cameron

David Cameron calls for action on tax evasion

The Prime Minister wants a summit in Brussels to bolster the plan ahead of a G8 gathering he is hosting in Northern Ireland in June.In a letter to fellow EU leaders Mr Cameron has urged European governments to join forces to act against "staggering" losses ... [Published London Evening Standard - May 21 2013]

Entities: David Cameron, Tax Evasion, Taxes, European Union

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Irish deputy PM: You want more tax from Apple? Your problem, not ours

Ireland has denied its liberal tax laws helped Apple avoid dropping dollars into the American taxpayers' purse by funnelling billions through subsidiaries based in the country.Eamon Gilmore, Ireland's Tánaiste (deputy prime minister), said that Apple's ... [Published The Register - May 21 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Sharon Bowles, Ireland, Eamon Gilmore

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

European Parliament

"EU must get tough on tax" says Sharon Bowles MEP

Ahead of tomorrow?s EU Summit in Brussels, the European Parliament has backed a common European strategy to combat tax fraud, evasion and havens.Sharon Bowles MEP, who chairs the European Parliament?s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, said: ?It ... [Published CCR Magazine - May 21 2013]

Entities: Sharon Bowles, European Union, Taxes, European Parliament

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

European Commission

EU securitisation event plans return to Barcelona

LONDON: AFME and IMN's Global ABS conference, the largest annual event in European securitisation, is returning to Barcelona for 2014, following three years in Brussels as the sector attempted to engage with European regulators and policymakers.Before ... [Published Economic Times - May 20 2013]

Entities: Securitization, Barcelona, European Union, Sharon Bowles, European Commission

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

QED speech on EU-US financial regulation by Sharon Bowles MEP

Graham's many pro bono activities illuminate his Consultancy Services as his deep knowledge of Europe’s financial system is integrated with his understanding of EU economic and budgetary policy-making – whilst set within the necessary framework of democratic ... [Published Graham Bishop - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sharon Bowles, Financial Regulation, Pro Bono

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Sharon Bowles

MEPs 'fear UK ignorance' - Bowles

MEPs fear the UK could vote to leave the EU out of 'ignorance', according to senior Brussels Lib Dem Sharon Bowles. ... [Published PoliticsHome - May 16 2013]

Entities: Sharon Bowles, Ignorance, United Kingdom

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Business summit underscores EU’s broader gender deficit (News)

businesseurope, finance, gender quota, WomenEurope’s most influential business lobby will have its first female leader starting in July, but as BusinessEurope holds its annual summit over the next two days, men will dominate at the podium.Men account ... [Published EurActiv.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Sharon Bowles, Viviane Reding, Emma Marcegaglia, European Union

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

MEPs set to dig deeper into Troika's Cyprus deal

Pressure to reveal how the Cyprus financial plans were hatched would continue, the chair of Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee, said on Tuesday when she closed a debate with Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem that left various MEPs ... [Published European Parliament - May 07 2013]

Entities: Cyprus, Sylvie Goulard, Jean-Paul Gauzes, Sharon Bowles

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Swap Regulators Face Congressional Push to Curb Dodd-Frank

U.S. regulators face renewed pressure from congressional lawmakers to ease Dodd-Frank Act derivatives requirements amid mounting criticism from Wall Street and overseas officials that the rules overreach.The House Financial Services Committee is scheduled ... [Published Bloomberg - May 07 2013]

Entities: Jim Himes, Dodd-Frank, Sharon Bowles, Push

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Portugal - "no retreat on reforms," according to visiting MEPs

The head of the Committee on Economics of the European Parliament considers that Portugal can not end its austerity measures, but must avoid even more belt tightening.This is according to Briton, Sharon Bowles, currently visiting Portugal with 12 MEPs ... [Published Algarve Daily News - May 01 2013]

Entities: Portugal, Sharon Bowles, Reformism

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Article - Sharon Bowles: Cyprus bailout shows need for better oversight

Cyprus, crisis and austerity - there was no shortage of topics to discuss when Sharon Bowles, chair of the EP's economic committee, took part in a chat with our Facebook fans on Tuesday 23 April. The British member of the ALDE group fielded many questions ... [Published Headlines - European Parliament - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Sharon Bowles, CYPRUS BAILOUT, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Cyprus, European Union

Quotes

...Bowles said: "i am personally pleased as rapporteur of this regulation, and on behalf of the econ committee, that esa 2010 has become law today. we in the parliament can be proud of ourselves for negotiating maximum transparency when it comes to transmitting data on implicit liabilities in the public sector. some member states were extremely reluctant to make this compulsory, but without insisting on knowing pension liabilities and off balance sheet activities, the effectiveness of this regulation would have been drastically reduced. it may be boring statistics, but we might see fireworks when the results get published." The EP team also fought to ensure that derogations from the obligation to transmit data were kept to an absolute minimum, with a view to phasing them...

Bowles ratifies new EU law on statistics [Published CCR Magazine - May 22 2013]

"the european parliament vote today sends a strong signal to europe's finance ministers, ahead of the eueu summit tomorrow, that the time has come to clamp down on tax evasion and tax havens once and for all" Bowles added

Irish deputy PM: You want more tax from Apple? Your problem, not ours [Published The Register - May 21 2013]

ECON chairperson Sharon Bowles said: "the current lack of any substantial progress to have greater gender balance on boards is unacceptable. critical situations call for drastic measures. i fully support the commission in taking further measures to address the gender gap regarding executive directors in the financial sector. if that means we need quotas, so be it: the time has come for action. public bodies need to start leading by example"

ALDE - ALLIANCE OF LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS FOR EURO : Gender gap in the financial sector must be f ... [Published 4 Traders - May 07 2013]

...the risk doesn’t seem to work anywhere else than the U S ," said Bowles, who led calls to write the exemption into the EU’s Basel III law. "in europe, we would have ended up with an artificially high charge."

Swap Regulators Face Congressional Pressure to Curb Dodd-Frank [Published BusinessWeek - May 07 2013]

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EU securitisation event plans return to Barcelona [Published Economic Times - May 20 2013]
QED speech on EU-US financial regulation by Sha... [Published Graham Bishop - May 17 2013]
MEPs 'fear UK ignorance' - Bowles [Published PoliticsHome - May 16 2013]
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Bonus cap given green light [Published European CEO - Apr 20 2013]
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âBasel must not penalise tradeâ - Sharon Bowles... [Published CCR Magazine - Apr 18 2013]
MEPs approve 'historic' capital requirements di... [Published TheParliament.com - Apr 17 2013]
ESM Treaty Signed [Published IIEA - Apr 17 2013]

Blogs

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Cyprus débâcle: Commission and ECB reply to my ... [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - May 15 2013] Last month, I blogged some questions which, I thought, needed answering by the Commission and the ECB about the chaotic circumstances surrounding the Cyprus bail-in/out. The questions were tabled by my colleague Sharon Bowles before the ECON meeting on ...
Article - Sharon Bowles: Cyprus bailout shows n... [Published Headlines - European Parliament - Apr 26 2013] Cyprus, crisis and austerity - there was no shortage of topics to discuss when Sharon Bowles, chair of the EP's economic committee, took part in a chat with our Facebook fans on Tuesday 23 April. The British member of the ALDE group fielded many questions ...
Article - Facebook chat: discuss economic issue... [Published Headlines - European Parliament - Apr 22 2013] Always wanted to know more about the economy, but were afraid to ask? Don't miss the opportunity to put your questions to Sharon Bowles, chair of the EP's economic committee, during our Facebook chat on Tuesday 23 April. The British member of the ALDE ...
Europe Votes to Curb Banker Bonuses [Published AdBanks.net - Apr 17 2013] Frederick Florin/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesJosé Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, said the rules would “put an end to the culture of excessive bonuses.” BRUSSELS – European lawmakers voted on Tuesday to cap banker bonuses ...
Schulz begrüßt neue Vorschriften für Banken als... [Published European Parliament President Martin Schulz - all - Mar 28 2013] Ich begrüße die Einigung über neue Kapitalanforderungen für Banken. Ich danke den Berichterstattern Othmar Karas, Udo Bullman, Sharon Bowles, Philippe Lamberts und Vicky Ford für die viele geleistete Arbeit. Dank ihrer Kompetenz und ihres Engagements ...

Audio/Video

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Lawmakers reject plan to tax savings [Published CNN.com - Video - Mar 19 2013]