Autor: Dan Cristian

Date: 7th September 2017 “Whistle-blowing“ is one of the most important tools to fight singular or structural breaches of law in EU Member States.[1] According to the European Commission, whistle-blowing is a form of reporting or disclosing acts or omissions that ‘represent a threat or harm to the public interest

Date: 31st August 2017 Traditionally, the dichotomy of investment models consists of active investing and passive investing, also known as indexing. To these two, financial researchers are striving to add a new category, which is commonly referred to as evidence-based investing. In the active investment sector, brokers and fund managers

Date: 25th August 2017 The European Securities and Markets Authority announced its annual Conference on ‘The State of European Financial Markets’, to be held on the 17th of October in The Westin Grand Paris – Vendôme. The Conference is set to address the most important topics in the field of

Date: 24th August 2017 At the end of last year, the European Commission emphasised the potential high performance of green bonds, following a study it conducted on climate and environment investing. The Commission’s study revealed that the European green bond market developed rapidly since its launch in 2007, signalling growth

Date: 22nd August 2017 In 2016, the European Commission adopted the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) widening the Insurance Mediation Directive’s (IMD) scope with the aim of increasing transparency of price and costs of insurance products. The new directive introduces a simple, standardized insurance product information document (IPID) which provides clearer

Date: 17th August 2017 As more and more investors consider passive investing (and therefore lower management fees), the question whether active funds managers can stop this migration to passive funds looms large on the horizon. As alluded to by the Financial Times in one of its recent articles, a potential

Date: 9th August 2017 Saving Banco Popular… On the 7th of June, the European Commission approved the rules for the rescue plan of Banco Popular proposed by the Single Resolution Board under the EU bank recovery and resolution directive. The Bank was sold to Santander for a symbolic €1. The

Date: 4th August 2017 The fallout from Dieselgate continues to harm VW’s reputation and market value, thereby negatively impacting investor interests. After one year and half of investigation, VW stands accused by OLAF of fraudulently securing € 400 million in loans from the EIB to develop the engine (equipped with