All European Commission articles – Page 13
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NewsBrussels calls on member states to support 'collective' pension savings
Countries should ‘complement’ state-pension reform with means of maintaining post-retirement income
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NewsJeremy Woolfe: In Brussels, tomorrow never happens
Consternation is rife as the European Commission delays new financial rules and regulations, writes Jeremy Woolfe
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NewsTowers Watson welcomes Parliament's call to cease work on HBS
Support grows for MEP Brian Hayes’s message to EIOPA to stop work on holistic balance sheet
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NewsBrussels urged to tackle 'deliberate' asset management protectionism
Report questions existence of single financial market if member states can impose hurdles after MiFID passporting
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NewsFaull leaves financial services department over UK referendum
Senior Commission civil servant in financial regulation to return to UK as country votes on EU membership in 2017
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NewsCommissioner Hill 'not opposed' to solvency rules for pensions
Commissioner for financial stability tells reception hosted by industry group PensionsEurope that pension funds must be ‘managed responsibly’
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NewsAPK calls for ‘scenario testing' over traditional valuation methods
Christian Böhm says QE making traditional valuation difficult, calls for assets to be evaluated for ‘sensitivity’ to scenarios
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News‘No support’ for solvency agenda in IORP II, rapporteur says
Irish MEP says EU should be unapologetic for creating gold standard in legislation, concedes cross-border funding rules need revisiting
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NewsESMA calls for UCITS amendments with launch of EMIR review
European agency says current UCITS regime unfit for new derivatives regulations as Commission reviews impact of EMIR
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NewsLaunching FTT 'contradicts' goal of capital markets union
Experts warn French government about risk of financial transaction tax distorting capital markets as European Commission considers CMU launch
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NewsEuropean Parliament OKs Brussels plan for benchmark regulation
Commission’s new regulatory regime for benchmarks to enter trialogue after EU Council, Parliamentary approval
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NewsCMU must remove barriers to long-term investment – PensionsEurope
Industry group calls for relaxation of regulation, measures to minimise political risk
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NewsIPE Views: Talk-talk-talking in Brussels
Jeremy Woolfe is less than impressed with level of discourse among Europe’s bureaucrats
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NewsEuropean Parliament OKs ‘Juncker Plan’ after making amendments
MEPs alter legislation to force alternative financing for guarantee fund to protect research, transport projects
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Country ReportCMU must be flexible in risk approach, urges Pension Federation
Dutch industry association also cautions European Commission against use of ‘uniform’ infrastructure approach
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NewsCommission urged to include climate risk assessment in IORP II
Report for Directorate-General Climate Action looks at reasons for slow growth in climate-friendly investments
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NewsBudget shift forces EIOPA to cut back work on risk frameworks, solvency
European regulator scales back advice to Commission on IORP II development, work on pensions transferability
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NewsEIOPA to launch investigation of funded first pillar systems
EIOPA to investigate funded first pillar systems as Commission flags potential efficiencies, benefits of scale
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NewsEuropean Commission to back market solutions for Capital Markets Union
Jonathan Hill tells IPE there are no planned overhauls for EIOPA and that stakeholder group structure needs further consultation
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NewsHill: Holistic balance sheet decision will ‘balance’ stability, growth
Speaking at NAPF conference in Edinburgh, commissioner also announces review of EMIR’s impact on pension fund derivative use
