For decades, tech mavens in the U.S. have used fiscally advantageous stock options for employees to spur innovation, rewarding employee contribution with unprecedented wealth. Unlike in Silicon Valley, where equity incentive plans have become as ubiquitous as foosball tables and midday yoga sessions, the options culture has yet to take root in many European countries
As consumers, we have all been ripped off at some point in our lives by a dishonest company or service provider. We have all been a victim of a scam, small or large, and lost money due to the mis-selling of, or misinformation about, one product or another. Most of the time the amount of
Prosecutors in Germany have brought criminal charges against Volkswagen executives over Dieselgate. They have been charged with stock market manipulation. More here.
Vanguard – one of the world’s largest investment companies – is planning to introduce a digital-only Robo-advisor called Digital Advisor. The all-in price for the automated planning and investment service will make it cheaper than most all-digital robos and is likely to transform the already very competitive market. According to David Goldstone, head of research
On the 13th and 14th September, an informal ECOFIN reunion discussed the “Union’s priorities in the field of the capital markets union for the next institutional cycle” based on the Finnish Presidency’s issues note on the matter. Put simply, the Finnish Presidency identified hurdles to the development of the Capital Markets Union and proposed priority
More than 100 climate-themed funds listed on global exchanges have approximately the same level of thermal coal exposure as the World MSCI Index of large cap equities, according to research from InfluenceMap. The findings highlight the need for greater attention and supervision of climate-themed and broader environment, social and governance (ESG) investment in terms of
The uncertainty surrounding Brexit has had an unintended knock-on effect on the assessment of the transparency of financial products, causing a disagreement between the European Commission and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Whereas ESMA is required to provide an assessment of the compliance of certain financial products with transparency obligations on a yearly
In its response to ESMA’s survey on its collection of evidence on short-term pressure from the financial sector on corporations, BETTER FINANCE expressed concerns about the institution restricting its definition of a long-term investment to just a long timeframe. The association argued that “not only the duration of a holding is decisive to decide if