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“Equity” or “Debt”? Standard-Setters Must Draw a Clear Line

The concepts of “debt” and “equity” are as old as human conversation.

ELTIFs: Fostering Retail Investors’ Access to Alternative Investments and the Need for Increased Transparency and Harmonization across Reporting Standards

European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) are EU Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) managed by alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). ELTIFs complement traditional sources of capital while enabling the financing of the real economy, which, in turn, contribute to the EU’s sustainable and inclusive growth.

Why Funding SMEs Within the EU Capital Markets Union Action Plan Is Challenging

Is shadow banking a way to get SMEs the funding they need? The EU’s policy environment, the conundrum European banks are caught in — these are issues Josina Kamerling discusses in a recent interview.

Survey: Ultra HNW, Institutional Clients Prefer Humans to Robo-Advisers

CFA Institute member survey: The higher the wealth, the less likely investors will be affected by automated financial advice tools.

European Commission Shifts Capital Markets Union Focus to Retail Investors

Challenges to cross-border financial services can be overcome with the developments in digitalisation and in the fintech sector. In particular, we believe the financial services industry will increasingly use so-called “robo-advisers.”

Capital Markets Union Update: Creating Regulatory Framework for EU Financial Sector

Whether the changes will be cosmetic or profoundly far-reaching will depend on the ambitiousness of the policy-makers in the European Commission, Parliament, and the Council (representing EU Member States).

Europe’s Capital Market Union: Task Force Report Sets out Long-Term Vision

Report reveals 36 barriers to the development of a truly pan-European CMU; findings complement CFA Institute member survey results.

EU Financial Services Legislative Outlook: What to Expect in 2016

With 2015 slowly drawing to an end, it is time to have a look at what the New Year will bring in European financial services legislation.

Does the EU Capital Markets Union Action Plan Answer Investors’ Concerns?

EU CMU Action Plan broadly addresses investor concerns, but how will it tackle key challenges?



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