European Commission
Analysis on the next European Commission president, the makeup of parlimentary committees, and how these developments will affect the implementation of MiFID.
The banking union aims to facilitate a more integrated banking sector within the EU and to mitigate the potential for systemic risks from banks acting across borders yet supervised (until now) at a national level.
IORP II contains a comprehensive framework for communications with plan holders, which closely mirrors the principles developed by the OECD and EIOPA.
More transparent, liquid capital markets will expand opportunities to European investors, but any new regulatory initiatives must have investor interests at heart.
Now, focus turns to the development of the mandatory Key Information Document (KID) to aid investor transparency
Five years since the start of the financial and economic crisis, the European Union is only now finalising the long-announced reforms of its legislative framework in the field of investor protection. As the European legislature comes to a close, the time is right to make an assessment of the state of investor protection and regulatory reforms in Europe.
CFA Institute recently supported a CFA Society of Belgium event on the “Banking Union: Will It Prevent the Next Financial Crisis,” which happened to fall on the eve of the deal struck by the European Parliament, European Council, and European Commission, after more than 17 hours of negotiations.
CFA Institute analyzes regulatory structures in key global jurisdictions, and outlines six points necessary for comprehensive regulatory framework.
EU steps up the fight against insider dealing and market manipulation. What challenges lie ahead?
The EIOPA recently published a preliminary report on the creation of a single market for personal pensions. This post considers the opportunities and challenges in creating a single market for personal pensions.