24. Welcomes the decision of the German G8 presidency to put the problem of international capital market regulation on the agenda for the next G8 summit; expresses its concern that the US has unilaterally announced new principles for private capital pools, which are based on non-binding transparency measures; requests the Commission to ensure equivalent ownership rights in each other's territory for enterprises; strongly believes that a dialogue on hedge funds and private equities should be engaged in view of the systemic risk their activities represent and the growing debate over their wider social and economic consequences; requests the Commission what it will do in this respect, bearing in mind that the US is preparing proposals; re
...[+++]calls that two-thirds of hedge and private equity funds are based in off-shore centres and therefore asks that their fiscal implications be examined;