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NewsThink tank recommends public-private route for CMU index family
CEPS delivers feasibility study on creation of ‘Capital Markets Union indices’ for European Commission
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SME research boost targeted in capital markets recovery package
EU executive arm proposes changes to several regulations and consults on MiFID II research regime rules
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EIOPA floats IORP II change to require impact on ESG consideration
Supervisor suggests change within the Article 19 prudent person rule may improve ESG integration by pension funds
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EU green pensions regulation is moving too fast, says Leppäla
Lobby group would like to see how new IORP II ESG measures work before moving to next rules
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ESMA to assess German financial reporting system over Wirecard
Watchdog says fintech company’s collapse undermined investor trust in capital markets
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PensionsEurope: Even more need for private pensions post-COVID
Nationalising pension funds would be worst outcome, Leppäla tells IPE Pensions Congress
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EC ‘not playing by the rules’ with ESG product adds in MiFID II proposal
Proposed restrictions on ‘Article 8’ also seen as working against broader policy aim of building sustainable economies
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NBIM calls for harmonised EU supply chain due diligence approach
Norwegian SWF manager responds to EC consultation on renewed sustainable finance strategy
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EIOPA names members of new pensions stakeholder group
PensionsEurope’s Leppälä and APG’s Steenbeek among returning, new IORP representatives
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EIOPA PEPP proposal triggers concerns about reporting burden
EIOPA wraps up second PEPP consultation ahead of delivering its advice to the Commission in August
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Amundi completes Sabadell Asset Management acquisition
Acquisition adds around €21bn to Amundi’s assets under management
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AAE wants discussions with IFoA to cover MRA legal challenge
Chair of AAE says questions of arbitrage surrounding actuarial qualifications need to be looked into
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Asset manager roundup: Natixis and La Banque Postale agree merger
New Ostrum Asset Management to fixed income and credit-focussed joint entity to be owned 55%/45% by Natixis and La Banque Postale
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Country Report
Italy: IORP II in limbo
The EU’s IORP II directive has yet to be fully implemented by Italian pension funds
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Features
EU sustainability focus shifts
EU sustainable finance policy-making began with a vengeance in 2018, when the European Commission unveiled and embarked on its Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth. Two years later, the Commission is preparing to adopt a new, “more ambitious and comprehensive” sustainable finance strategy.
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New ‘informal’ sustainable finance group formed, comments on NFRD
Group comprises ‘stakeholders with different backgrounds’: Efama, Schroders, WWF, ACCA, ShareAction, and others
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FCA outlines thinking about UK prudential rules for investment firms
‘Investment firms should be aware of the scale of the change the IFD/IFR represents’
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EC opens for applications to new sustainable finance advisory body
Platform on Sustainable Finance will play a key role with regard to the taxonomy and the Commission’s future strategy on sustainable finance
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AAE extraordinary meeting to hear IFoA capped subs proposal
IFoA has said withdrawal plus possible MoU ‘a likely consequence’ if proposal rejected
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EC presented with plan for capital markets union ‘game-changers’
High-Level Forum sets out plan, with 17 clusters of ‘granular’ measures, for bringing about an EU capital market
