Lună: martie 2018

Date: 28th March 2018 Concluding that Contracts for Differences (CFDs) and binary options do indeed represent a real and significant investor protection concern , the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in cooperation with National Competent Authorities (NCAs), agreed to measures prohibiting the marketing, distribution and sale of both products

Date: 22nd March 2018 As previously covered by BETTER FINANCE, shareholder activism is experiencing a new spring. As opposed to the aggressive nature of their forefathers, today`s activists put faith in cooperation and dialogue rather than conflict and public battles. While activist investors have traditionally been larger Wall Street heavyweights,

Date: 19th March 2018 In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis one thing became abundantly clear: the EU was not adequately equipped to ensure the effective cooperation and coordination between national financial supervisory bodies, or the consistent application of the EU legal framework across all Member States. The creation

Date: 8th March 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE This morning the EC released: 1. The Proposal for a Regulation on European Crowdfunding Services for Business. It: – establishes a one-stop-shop access to the EU market and therefore helps crowdfunding platforms in overcoming the barriers they face operating cross-border; – provides tailored

Date: 8th March 2018 Author: BETTER FINANCE According to a recent article published in the Financial Times, asset managers should seriously consider a recent proposal by Mercer that would completely overhaul the relationship between asset managers and their clients. Mercer suggested that asset managers should pay investors to run their

Date: 7th March 2018 A new report by think-tank New Financial finds that EU capital markets continue to underperform, widening the transatlantic gap with US capital markets. Relative to the size of the economy, most sectors of EU capital markets have shrunk over the past decade – with remnants from

Date: 5th March 2018 In response to the final report from the High-level Expert Group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance, published in late January of this year, Dutch and German pension fund representatives as well as European-wide representative association PensionsEurope warn against a “one-size-fits all” approach. The report is set to

Date: 1st March 2018 Emerging Financial Technology (Fintech) has a, seemingly endless, potential to drive efficiency gains and the disintermediation of financial services, thereby bringing about decreased transaction costs. Keeping in mind that Fintech so far remains relatively unchartered territory, regulatory measures and their effects on the future development of