EUROPE

>> NEW EC - Revision of the Financial Conglomerates Directive - Frequently Asked Questions

>> NEW STEP Policy Briefing - Making tax data exchange secure - August 2010

>> NEW CEIOPS welcomes the European Commission Green Paper on Pensions - August 2010

>> NEW CEA Briefing Note - Insurance distribution - The diversity of insurance distribution markets - July 2010

>> NEW CEA Position paper - Preliminary comments on IMD revision - July 2010

>> NEW “The first good news for some time” by Vincent J. Derudder - International Adviser, June 2010

>> NEW CEPS Policy Brief - Europe 2020 and the Financial System: “Smaller is beautiful” - July 2010

>> EC - Summary of responses to the public consultation on the study on tying and other potentially unfair commercial practices in the retail financial service sector

>> ecoDa’s response to the European Commission’s Green Paper on corporate governance in financial institutions and remuneration policies

>> EC - Better EU standards for investment products

>> IIF - A global approach to resolving failing financial firms - An Industry perspective - May 2010

>> CEPS - Europe 2020 and the Financial System: “Smaller is beautiful” - July 2010

>> CEA - Insurance: a unique sector - “Why insurers differ from banks” - June 2010

>> CEIOPS - Annual Report 2009 and Work Programme 2010

>> CEA - Indirect Taxation on Insurance Contracts in Europe, May 2010

>> EC Internal Market and Services DG - Summary of responses to the public consultation on the study on tying and other potentially unfair commercial practices in the retail financial service sector. June 2010.

>> AFME + BBA + FOA : A response to CESR Consultation “Technical Advice to the EC in the Context of the MiFID Review - Investor Protection and Intermediaries”

>> CEA - Supervision - CEA comments on the EU supervisory legislative package

>> “Whose passport is it anyway?” - The effect of residency on an adviser’s ability to practice in Europe - International Adviser, June 2010

>> “EU finance regulators must give IFAs a voice” - Vincent J.Derudder - International Adviser, June 2010

>> The European Ombudsman - Response to the public consultation on review of the financial regulation.

>> FECIF - Consultation paper: CESR technical advice to the EC in the context of the MiFID review - Investor protection and Intermediaries

>> CIFA - Independent Financial Advisors emerge stronger from the financial and banking crisis

>> CFE: The Monti report - a remedy to Internal Market fatigue?

>> IMA warns about potential pitfalls in forthcoming European regulation

>> CESR - Inducements: Report on good and poor practices - April 2010

>> ECMI Policy Brief - “The MiFID Metamorphosis” - Karel Lannoo and Diego Valiante - April 2010

>> The Geneva Accosiation Press Release - Financial Stability in Insurance - Letter to Finance Ministers and the G-20 - April 2010

>> EC - Draft Interim EPC-SPC Joint Report on Pensions

>> EC - Annexes to the Interim EPC-SPC Joint Report on Pensions

>> EC - New supervision proposal

>> CESR’s technical advice to the European Commission on the format and content of Key Information Document disclosures for UCITS

>> CESR - Understanding the definition of advice under MiFID - Q&A

>> CESR - Inducements: Report on good and poor practices

>> CESR Technical Advice to the European Commission in the Context of the MiFID Review – Investor Protection and Intermediaries

>> ECMI Policy Brief - Regulatory Challenges for the EU Asset Management Industry - April 2010

>> Dossier Athenora - Priorités européennes dans le contexte de la nouvelle architecture institutionnelle: Quelle direction politique pour l'Europe? - Avril 2010

>> EFI response on European Commission Consultation on possible further changes to the Capital Requirements Directive - April 2010

>> EC - Taxation papers - Taxation and the quality of instructions: asymmetric effects on FDI

>> CEA - Solvency ll - Key Messages on Level 2 Implementing Measures

>> CEA: Why excessive capital requirements harm consumers, insurers and the economy?

>> AMICE: Is Solvency II set to harm consumer choice and smaller insurers?

>> ABI & IMA - Research Paper - Developing a risk rating methodology - 2010

>> ABI & IMA - Research Brief - Note on CESR’s recommendations for the calculation of a synthetic risk reward indicator

>> NEW EFAMA - Revisiting the landscape of European long-term savings - A call for action from the asset management industr - March 2010

>> AILO Comments on PRIPS Workshop - October 2009

>> ECB opinion on new regulatory proposal - March 2010

>> AFME – APCIMS – FOA - The MIFiD Review: A briefing for the European Commission and CESR on key themes in preparation for consultations on the MIFiD review - March 2010

>> EFAMA - Revisiting the landscape of European long-term savings – A call for action from the asset management industry

>> EFAMA Press Release - European Asset Management leaders call for action on Long-Term Savings and Retail Product Distribution

>> “Why excessive capital requirements harm consumers, insurers and the economy”
by CEA aisbl - march 2010

>> Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on alternative Incevtment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC

>> Europe Economics - Final report on Retail Insurance Market Study

>> European Parliament - Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and social Crisis
“Working document on financial supervision and regulation - the future model”

>> European Parliament - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
“Working document on the Proposal for a directive on Consumer Rights”

>> “Making Europe an attractive place to do business” - Speech by Michel Barnier, member of EC, responsible for Internal Market and Services - London, March 2010

>> EP - To what extent did financial regulation and supervision fail in preventing the crisis?

>> CEIOPS Report on Convergence for 2009

>> IBfed - Principles on Point of Sale Disclosure: Consultation report - Feb2010

>> “Financial-Transaction Tax: Small is beautiful” - (Bruegel Policy Contribution)

>> European Supervisory Authorities for Financial Services

>> Norton Rose Report - Financial institutions in the future: Global financial recovery

>> Update on commission work on Packaged Retail Investment Products - December 2009

>> FEE- Discussion Paper for Auditor’s Role Regarding Providing Assurance on Corporate Governance Statements

>> FEE - Enhanced corporate reporting and auditor’s assurance on corporate governance statements is a key factor in ensuring confidence in capital markets, November 2009

>> AILO - PRIPS Workshop 22 October 2009

>> FECIF Press Release

>> Bruxelles conforte le modèle de bancassurance de KBC

>> Une harmonisation en cours de la commercialisation des produits de détail

>> “The main causes of the Financial Crisis and some possible remedies” - Vincent J.Derudder 10/2009

>> CEIOPS - Report on National Measures regarding Disclosure Requirements and Professional Requirements for Unit-Linked Life Insurance Products 07/09

>> CEIOPS - The IMD and other intermediaries related issues - practical solutions and examples 07/09

>> International CIFA Forum 2009 summary - Speeches and minutes of the panel discussions

>> ecoDa - Corporate Governance Guidance and Principles for Unlisted Companies in Europe

>> EMF Response - EC Consultation on Responsible Lending Borrowing 10/2009

>> European Commission, Internal Market and Services DG – “Hearing On Responsible Lending and Borrowing” - Sep/09

>> EUROFI - How to better mitigate risks in the investment funds area in the light of the Madoff fraud and of the lessons of the financial crisis?

>> EUROFI - How can long term investment favour financial stability in the EU?

>> EUROFI - Conditions for an accurate implementation of Solvency II

>> EUROFI - Are changes required in on-going evolutions of EU securities infrastructures in the light of the financial crisis?

>> EUROFI - Jacques de Larosière’s contribution to The Banker, October 2009 issue

>> EC - Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs - Interim Forecast September 2009

>> FSB Press Release SEP/2009 - Financial Stability Board meets in Paris

>> EFAMA reply to CESR's consultation on Management Company Passport

>> EFAMA reply to CESR’s call for evidence on mutual recognition with non-eu jurisdictions

>> Agefi Les fonds d'investissements alternatifs et leur gérant sous l'oeil du régulateur

>> Agefi UCITS IV La transformation de l'industrie européenne des fonds d'investissement

>> CEIOPS Letter of comments on IASB's Exposure Draft on Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement

>> CEIOPS - The IMD and other intermediaries’ related issues - practical solutions and examples

>> CEOPS - Report on National Measures regarding Disclosure Requirements and Professional Requirements for Unit-Linked Life Insurance Products

>> AILO - Comments on the Commission’s Communication of 27 May 2009

>> FEE Reviews Legislation and Guidance for Accountants on Prevention of Money Laundering in 25 European Countries

>> Survey on European and National Legislation and Guidance on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

>> Communication from the European Commission on European financial supervision

>> Les OPCVM remportent une victoire contre les fiscs en Europe

>> CEIOPS - Report on National Measures regarding Disclosure Requirements and Professional Requirements for Unit-Linked Life Insurance Products, which are additional to the Minimum Requirements of the CLD and IMD

>> CEIOPS - The IMD and other intermediaries’ related issues – practical solutions and examples

>> EFAMA Reply to IOSCO Consultation Report on Unregulated Markets and Products - June 09

>> EFAMA's reply to COM Call for Evidence on Review of Market Abuse Directive - June 09

>> First European Alliance for all individual investors! - EuroInvestors Press Release

>> EFAMA Reply to IOSCO Consultation Report on Unregulated Markets and Products - June 09

>> Efama welcomes EU Commission initiative on eu financial supervision

>> Q&A on MiFID: Common positions agreed by CESR Members 3rd version – May 2009

>> AILO letter to EC - Comments on the proposals on Financial Supervision

>> EFAMA Quarterly Statistics Q1 2009

>> EFAMA Quarterly Statistical Release - May 2009

>> Comment by Sir Adrian Cadbury on the comparative analysis “The Codes on Corporate Governance in Italy, UK, France and Germany”

>> European Commission announces key reforms responding to the financial crisis

>> Improving supervision in the EU financial services sector: The 3L3 Committees express their support for the Commission’s position

>> 3L3 Joint Contribution to the European Commission’s consultation on the improvement of supervision for the financial services sector

>> EFAMA response to the Commission’s consultation on the future of financial services supervision in the EU

>> EFAMA position on the Commission’s proposals for amending

>> Statement of the European Corporate Governance Forum on Cross-border issues of Corporate Governance Codes

>> Statement of the European Corporate Governance Forum on Director Remuneration

>> CESR data on prospectuses approved and passported

>> CEIOPS - Lessons to be learned from the crisis - Solvency II and beyond

>> CEIOPS guidelines on preparation for and management of a financial crisis

>> Letter to Philip Kermode Esq - Director EC Analyses and tax policies

>> Letter to Philip Kermode Esq - Appendix I, II, III, IV

>> Presentations of the CEEC Forum Conference - Budapest 24 March 2009

>> CEIOPS Reply to the EC Consultation document on Alternative Dispute Resolution in the area of Financial Services

>> EU Financial Services Conference - Presentation Details

>> EU leaders push sweeping regulations

>> CESRs Conference: Speech of Pervenche Bers - “What remains to be done in the single market?”

>> EUROFI - Regulatory Improvements Concerning Securities Infrastructures in Light of the Current Financial Crisis

>> EUROFI - Regulatory Improvements Concerning Investment Products in Light of the Current Financial Crisis and of the Madoff Affair

>> EUROFI - Long-term Investment: The Urgent Need to Recognise the Specific Features of the Class of Assets

>> EUROFI - The need and the Ways to Improve Macroprudential Supervision

>> EUROFI - Improving Banking and Insurance Supervision at the EU Level trough an EU Network of Supervisors

>> EUROFI - Proposals for Improving Confidence within the Banking System

>> CEIOPS Press Release on 2009 Report on the Functioning of the Coordination Committees

>> CEIOPS 2009 Report on the Functioning of the Coordination Committees

>> CEIOPS Stock-taking report on the use of Internal Models in Insurance

>> Joint press release on ten common principles for colleges of supervisors

”For the first time the EU and the national regulators are considering that it is urgent supervising the financial conglomerates...”

>> Commission Decision - Establishing the Committee of european insurance and occupational pensions supervisors

”Is it a first step - even if limited - towards better harmonisation of rules? A better control of the conglomerates?"

>> La Fecif demande des comptes

>> CESR - Common understanding of the obligations imposed by European Regulation 1781/2006

>> CESR's guidelines concerning eligible assets for investment by UCITS

>> Compromise Proposal Text of the French Presidency

>> Foreword Section of the Conference Report

>> Speech - Charlie McCreevy - at the European Contact Group/EGIAN dinner

>> Speech - Charlie McCreevy - Final Closing Remarks

>> Mergers: Commission approves proposed- acquisition of Scribona by Tech Data

>> Taxation of savings: The European Commission proposes changes to eliminate tax evasion

>> Brussels to close loopholes in tax evasion legislation

>> EU-Steuerpläne - belasten Lombard