All European Commission articles – Page 5
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NewsRoundup: Activity picks up on EU sustainable finance
CSRD, taxonomy and the European Commission’s people and priorities
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AnalysisNew EU green agenda: what investors ordered?
If you ask most investors what they think of the EU’s sustainable finance agenda, they will tell you it’s well-intentioned, but a total mess.
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Opinion PiecesEurope’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is an opportunity, not a threat
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is often mentioned as one of the examples of the European Commission’s excessive zeal when working to implement the Green Deal. It is singled out as an example of overregulation that negatively impacts the competitiveness of European corporations, creates barriers to accessing the EU market and is costly to implement.
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: From fragmentation to integration
Over the past few decades, Europe’s financial system has grown in size and complexity but remains largely bank-centric compared with more market-oriented systems
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: Member preferences, buying into nature investment
Plus: Do existing corporate climate standards do enough to recognise some of the most important actions that companies can take to mitigate climate change?
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NewsVon der Leyen moves forward with competitiveness agenda as commissioner candidates revealed
Announcement follows last week’s Mario Draghi’s report which came with 172 policy proposals and recommendations
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NewsDrop 1% cost cap for PEPP, advises EIOPA
The European pension regulator believes scrapping the cap will encourage interest in launching a Pan-European Pension Product among potential providers
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Special ReportBelgium: Funding decision awaits new government
The coalition is likely to push through more radical pension reforms
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Special ReportDenmark: Pensions finally free from cumbersome banking regulations
Schemes have been liberated from onerous rules that were irrelevant to them
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NewsThe tug-of-war continues over the EU’s green taxonomy
ESMA wants the framework to be a reference for all sustainable finance regulation, but insurers and government advisers are fighting to pare it down
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NewsUK government’s plans to regulate ESG ratings will ‘shine a light’ on the sector
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will set the rules of the new regime which will mirror EU and international systems
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Opinion PiecesItaly needs a serious debate about pensions
Italian policymakers are bent on indulging the relatively small but influential minority of Italians that is nearing retirement, but lament that the statutory retirement age of 67 is too high. The reform efforts of past years have been towards reducing the retirement age or increasing flexibility in retirement. The resources employed towards supporting second-pillar pensions have been next to none.
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AnalysisTowards harmonisation on shareholder rights
Could amendments to the EU’s Shareholder Rights Directive help fix Europe’s splintered voting rules?
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NewsPensionsEurope pushes for changes to credit ratings reg amendments
Key variables, data sources, key assumptions, modelling, and quantitative techniques are crucial elements in determining the accuracy of the final ratings
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NewsSpolc to be replaced by Millerot as EU’s head of sustainable finance
Spolc’s team drove the development of flagship laws like the EU green taxonomy, labels for climate benchmarks and the SFDR for investment funds
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NewsAsset owners to draft action plan for biodiversity strategies
Challenges to implement nature and biodiversity strategies, and how to overcome them, are key in drafting the plan
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NewsEuropean elections: EPP messaging key as centrists hold
Greening of the economy is here to stay, but investors should be prepared for polarised debates
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NewsDenmark’s IPD slams EU red tape as pensions money picks US over EU
Allocations to US equities now three times the size of EU ex Denmark weightings for Danish pension funds
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Special ReportRoundtable: AEIP - Simone Miotto
Taking into consideration that pension design is a national competence, and therefore a responsibility of the member states, the European Commission must retain high-level social policies in its next term and continue to engage with stakeholders.
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Special ReportRoundtable: APG Asset Management - Onno Steenbeek
Regarding the prioritisation of policies by the next European Commission to strengthen European pensions, it is clear that addressing the challenges presented by an ageing population and ensuring sustainable, adequate pension systems must be a priority.
