Latest EU News – Page 2
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NewsUK and European pension funds push for venture capital investment
Report calls on pension funds to move from preparation to participation by building internal capability, partnering with experienced venture capital managers
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NewsPension funds join call for EU to uphold methane regulation
€4.5trn group – which includes AP3, NEST, Railpen and Church of England Pensions Board – expresses concern methane rules could get caught up in the bloc’s simplification agenda
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NewsLegal hurdles bar Dutch, German entry to EU pension tracker
So far, only the Belgian and French national pension registers share data with the ETS, limiting the platform’s practical use
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NewsPensionsEurope future in doubt as Dutch pension fund body quits
Pensioenfederatie to leave after failing to push through plans for a shake-up at the European pension fund association
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NewsNorway’s sovereign wealth fund cautions ESG stress tests must avoid capital flight
Supervisory stress tests should ‘encourage financial institutions to engage proactively with counterparties on credible transition and adaptation planning’, NBIM says
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NewsInvestor groups push back against planned sustainability disclosure rules for smaller firms
EFAMA, Eurosif and PRI have joined forces to argue that the VSME standard ‘is not adequate for larger companies, including small and mid-caps’
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NewsIndustry bodies call on European policymakers to support ‘Rhineland model’ of pensions
An understanding of pensions as a social right needs to be strengthened, according to pension fund associations in Austria, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
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NewsSIU: French regulator calls for empowerment of EU asset management supervisor
French markets supervisor calls for ESMA governance shake-up to help make success of the Commission’s Savings and Investments Union project
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NewsCourt sides with European Commission over definition of ‘green’ business
Taxonomy ruling comes amid mounting opposition to the EU Omnibus
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NewsGerman national standardisation body awards first OCIO mandate to Berenberg, Lurse
DIN awards first outsourced chief investment officer mandate to Berenberg and Lurse
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NewsPensionsEurope plays down need for scale interventions in IORP II review
Industry association to go into more detail in response to the Commission’s targeted consultation on supplementary pensions
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NewsEFAMA calls for EU-wide adoption of savings and investment accounts
European Commission is preparing to propose a European blueprint for savings and investment acccounts
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NewsAsset managers must back up ESG credentials under new ESMA guidance
EU financial market regulator publishes thematic note on sustainability claims
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NewsPensionsEurope warns savings account push could undermine supplementary pensions
Offering preferential tax treatment to savings and investment accounts could jeopardise objective of providing sufficient income replacement in old age, says group
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AnalysisThe state of shareholder rights in US and the EU
While US regulators and state legislatures chip away at shareholder rights, the EU takes a more measured – if sluggish – approach to reform, Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports in the second of a four-part series on stewardship and shareholder rights
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NewsMulti-country initiatives could help move SIU goals forward, says OECD
Preferential tax treatment still a ‘formidable challenge’ for development of EU-wide savings and investment products
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NewsInvestors urge EU legislators not to take an axe to sustainability laws
CSRD and CS3D are ‘essential’, claim 80 financial institutions
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NewsSupervisors flag ‘inadequate’ sustainability staffing at some asset managers
Managers have between 0.5 and 16 employees charged with integrating sustainability risks, but some aren’t qualified, claims research
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NewsRelief for pension funds as retaliatory tax code dropped from US budget bill
Section 899 pulled after G7 countries agreed to exempt US companies from parts of global minimum tax rate deal
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NewsInvestors call for corporate and government action on toxic chemicals
Investors have also put their name to a statement urging more action to combat air pollution
