IPE's EU Coverage – Page 8
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Opinion Pieces
The EU taxonomy needs rescuing
The EU taxonomy, a system for identifying what economic activities count as sustainable, has been in the spotlight since the news broke on new year’s eve about a proposal from the European Commission to extend it to cover nuclear energy and natural gas. It is unclear how long the controversy will last.
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Opinion Pieces
Guest Viewpoint: Is Europe on track to become sovereign?
The Next Generation EU (NGEU) programme is designed to speed up the EU recovery and spur growth over the medium and long term. More importantly, it represents a unique opportunity to lay the foundations of a deep and liquid European safe asset.
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News
Proposed EU green bond regulation amendments worry ICMA
Capital markets body says changes put forward ’reflect fundamental shift’ from EC’s proposal
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Opinion Pieces
News Notes: PEPP cap elicits muted response
The date for authorisation for the so-called Pan-European personal pension product (PEPP) is fast approaching – 22 March 2022 – and yet the European pensions market seems to be relatively quiet about it.
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Features
Briefing: EU strengthens rules on green disclosure
Investment firms need to familiarise themselves with a range of new environmental issues to prepare for a European Union law aimed at consistent environmental disclosures that also support investment decisions on environmental sustainability.
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News
Delivery of sustainable finance taxonomy advice delayed
For an ‘environmental transition taxonomy’, the EC asked its advisory body to consider additional questions
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News
First EU climate taxonomy rules cleared for January live date
Delegated act published in Official Journal after EU Council’s review period ends without objection
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News
Cross-border IORPs down to 33 post-Brexit, says EIOPA in new report
Supervisory authority publishes first in series of annual reports dedicated to cross-border pension funds
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News
IPE Conference: EIOPA chair encourages IORP SFDR PAI efforts
Speech came on the heels of news of a further delay to detailed SFDR compliance rules
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News
EIOPA flags pensions dashboard data collection concerns
EIOPA members concerned about data collection powers, resources as pension fund groups against additional collection anyway
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Special Report
NextGenEU: Towards a new euro yield curve?
Bonds designed to support member states hit hardest by the pandemic look set to become a new safe asset
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News
EFAMA highlights uneven SFDR-based funds coverage in Europe
Trade body collected data on Article 8 and Article 9 funds for the first time
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News
Danish pensions lobby hails EU’s IFRS 17 opt-out after ‘fierce battle’
New EU amendment means pension providers can bypass ‘annual cohorts’ grouping requirement
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News
EU green bond attracts interest over €135bn
Yield of 0.4% for a 15-year bond is too low, PMT says
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News
EIOPA opines on costs, DC risk management despite resistance
Finalised guidance for national supervisors includes controversial broadening of DC definition
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News
‘Unprecedented’ numbers for EFRAG EU standards working groups
Working groups will provide feedback on early draft of EU standards for corporate sustainability reporting
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News
Germany added to Sanofi pension fund in Belgium cross-border first
‘This will open doors for other multinational corporations,’ says Aon
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Interviews
How we run our money: PMT
Hartwig Liersch (pictured), chief investment officer at Pensioenfonds Metaal & Techniek (PMT), tells Tjibbe Hoekstra how the largest private market pension fund in the Netherlands is looking to strengthen its investment policy to address the climate crisis
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News
Basis for EU corporate climate reporting standard prototype set out
Information being made public for transparency purposes as EFRAG task force work on standards continues
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News
Danish pensions lobby slams EC for selling Solvency II measures as relief
European Commission presents package of rules on solvency for insurance companies, claiming they free up €90bn of capital