Mairead McGuinness appointed as Ireland’s European commissioner as former EU Commissioner Phil Hogan steps down
MEP Mairead McGuinness from the Irish Party Fine Gael has been appointed commissioner for financial services, stability and capital markets ...
Covid-19 and its impact on shareholder rights – a survey for individual investors
Every year companies hold mandatory annual general meetings (AGMs) where management and directors generally present an annual report containing information ...
Financial Times. “Asset Managers lobby Brussels to delay sustainable investing rules”
Asset managers are urging Brussels to delay implementation of its landmark sustainable investing rules. The resistance from the investment industry ...
A Surge in Sustainable Investments thanks to the COVID-19 Crisis?
The events unfolding during the first half of 2020 have shifted the interest of investors, issuers and corporate attitudes towards ...
Les Echos: “The Nationalization of European Banks”
The European Central Bank (ECB) extended its recommendation for European banks to withhold the payment of dividends until, at least, ...
Funds Europe: “ESG regarded as ‘safe haven’”
According to deVere Group, a financial services firm, nearly 60% of its clients seeking to include ESG investments in their ...
Asset News: “Capital markets union: The time has come”
The crisis- and Brexit-laden context have given the project new arguments to be on the European agenda. [...] This is ...
ESMA appoints a new Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has published the new list of members of ...
Herz selling of bankrupted bonds is probably the most absurd moment in Capital Markets History
After Herz, a car-rental company based in Florida, filed for bankruptcy in May 2019, some bankers "jokingly" said that they "hope ...
