Enhance & protect
The European Investors’ Association – European Investors – is a not-for-profit and member-based organisation that aims to strengthen the representation of investors in Europe. To this end, European Investors represents investors in regulatory discussions, engages on behalf of long-term investors with listed companies, and initiates class actions to reclaim losses incurred by investors as a result of unlawful behaviour. All in all, European Investors’ objective is to enhance trust in European capital markets by promoting transparency, engagement and accountability.
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GLOBAL INVEST FORUM – October 12-13, 2017
“Audit reality”
5 April 2017 - Speech by Paul M. Koster, Chairman of European Investors and Chief Executive of the Dutch Investors' Association VEB, at the IFIAR Tokyo Plenary Week: Today, ladies and gentlemen, I like to talk about audit quality and audit quality, in parti...
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European Investors expresses strong support for FSB’s recommendations on climate-related financial disclosures
15 February 2017 – On 14 December 2017, the Task force on Climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD), set up by Financial Stability Board (FSB), published an important report outlining its recommendations for disclosures on the financial impact on climate ch...
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BTs accounting scandal: Will auditors (again) go unpunished?
9 Februari 2017 - Accounting scandals at listed firms often turn out to be much bigger than initially expected, investors know better than anyone. Last month, BT - formerly British Telecom –announced it had to take a write down of £530m, more than three times ...
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European Investors concerned about new target market rules
13 January 2017 - As of 3 January 2018, distributors of investment products will be required to define a target market for each of the products they include in their product assortment and intend to recommend to their clients. This target market should describ...
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European Investors alarmed over Financial Transaction Tax
6 January 2017 - The European Investors’ Association has noted with great concern that ten EU Member States are pushing ahead with their enhanced cooperation in the area of the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). Introduction of a FTT would burden investors in Eu...
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German CG Code calls for close dialogue between investors and the Supervisory Board
21 December 2016 - European Investors generally welcomes the proposed amendments to the German Corporate Governance Code. In our response to the consultation, we support the lean and transparent character of the Code, its emphasis on sustainable value creation...
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European Investors calls for enhanced disclosure on the impact of climate change
19 December 2016 - In the run up to the 2017 Annual General Meeting season, the European Investors’ Association has identified a number of key areas to which it would like to see more attention given by listed companies in the coming year. These key areas have...
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EC set to boost competition in European fund landscape
12 October 2016 - In the framework of the CMU initiative, the EU executive aims to increase the cross border distribution of investment funds. At the moment, despite the success of the UCITS framework, a limited number of retail funds in Europe is actually sol...
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