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European Investors submitted its comments on the Public Consultation Paper of the Code Committee of the Takeover Panel with regard to statements of intention and related matters. The Takeover Panel is the independent body responsible for issuing and administering the Takeover Code in the United Kingdom. The consultation seeked views on important reforms to the way takeovers operate in the UK. C...
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European Investors’ Association (EIA) welcomes the changes in the new Prospectus Regulation. In our response on the public consultation of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), we stressed the importance of ensuring that the overarching goals of the regulation are well reflected and developed in Level 2. The objective of the Prospectus Regulation is twofold: making accession to ...
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The Dutch Investors’ Association VEB has, also on behalf of European Investors’ Association, submitted its response on the European Commission’s call for evidence on Collective Redress arrangements throughout the EU. VEB prides itself on being the leading Dutch collective redress organisation. It is widely reputed for successfully upholding investor rights through either litigation or settlemen...
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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 change. These recommendations aim to make such disclosures more decision-useful and consistent, an objective strongly support by European Inve...
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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 describe for whom a particular product is intended. In principle, European Investors is very supportive of the new product governance rules introd...
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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 Europe with the negative effects of a tax which is unjust, counterproductive and therefore utterly unacceptable. The participating countries ...
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