Categorie: ENGLISH AREA

Date: 27th January 2017 On the 7th of February 2017, Guillaume Prache, Managing Director at BETTER FINANCE, Gunnar Ek from Aktiespararna and Marc Mathieu, Secretary General of the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership will be speaking at a roundtable organized by the European Commission’s Directorate General FISMA. The roundtable

Date: 25th January 2017 The French Assets Management Association ( AFG) has asked the French government for a cross-border IORP which would be consistent with the PEPP discussed at the European level. In a white Paper, the French AM Association (AFG) called for the creation of a cross-border pension fund:

Date: 23rd January 2017 The European Commission is hurrying to the retirement industry against EU legislation that could hurt the sector. The European Market Infrastructure Regulation, passed in 2012, provides for an obligation for pension funds to put aside more money in order to comply with the EU legislation on

Date: 20th January 2017 An individual investor might be worried about the funds he picks or about his assets manager, but according to the theory called “behaviour gap”, the investor should first be worried about…himself. This tendency for investors to underperform the funds they are invested in is called the

Date: 19th January 2017 Eurostat has released its figures for the third quarter of 2016. The household saving rate in the euro area slightly dropped from 12.8% in the second quarter of 2016 to 12.6% in the third quarter of 2016. Similarly, the household investment rate in the euro area

Date: 16th January 2017 In December 2016, after several months of discussion between the institutions, the COREPER (representatives of the Member States) has agreed on the revision of this Directive. This amendment aims at encouraging transparent and active engagement by shareholders of listed companies. The revision provides for new requirements

Date: 13th January 2017 In a study published last year, the Transparency Task Force revealed that pension savers were hit by more than 100 charges ( often hidden) representing a third of the total amount of their pension funds over a lifetime of savings. In order to remedy this situation,

Date: 11th January 2017 Following a decision from the UK government in December 2016, it will more difficult for French expatriates to repatriate their savings funds from the UK when they retire in France. The decision is the result of a reform passed in the UK in 2015 which provides