Gender imbalance in corporate boards in the EU

Self-regulation is not sufficient in our view: the EU has brought about the policy debate on gender diversity in 2010, and called on listed companies in 2011 to voluntary commit ...
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Draft proposal for Report on Good Practices for Disclosure and Selling of Variable Annuities

We consider that Variable Annuities (VA) products should be classified as PRIPs as should be all other more “traditional” classical and with profit life insurance products. There should be no ...
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Advice on the review of IORP Directive

We fully support the position of the GCAE, emphasizing the necessity of correct, understandable and non misleading information about pensions. “Communication with the members should also explain in simple and ...
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Advice on ESMA’s public consultation on UCITS Exchange-tradedfunds in the European Union

We generally agree with the concerns raised by ESMA relating to the increased complexity of ETFs, that raise significant issues both with respect to investor protection and systemic risk. ETFs ...
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ESMA call for evidence on Empty Voting

Voting rights and the right to exercise are of vital concern to all European individual shareholders, as it hinders shareholder engagement and good corporate governance. Some of our member organizations ...
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Social Business Initiative Promoting social investment funds Social Business Initiative: Promoting social investment fundsSocial Business Initiative: Promoting social investment funds Social Business Initiative: Promoting social investment funds Social B

We welcome the European Commission’s consultation on Social Investment Funds. As far as retail investors are concerned, similar retail funds already exist throughout Europe, like the “fonds solidaires” in France ...
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A new European regime for Venture Capital

Please read here EuroInvestors response to the European Commission public consultation on " ...
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Reply to the Green Paper on The EU Corporate Governance Framework 2011

Good principles of corporate governance and their proper implementation in all listed companies are of vital importance for their long-term survival, growth and stability, for ensuring the long term interests ...
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Consultation on the taxation problems that arise when dividends are distributed across borders to portfolio and individual investors and possible solutions

EuroFinuse (formerly EuroInvestors) believes that double taxation of dividends represents an increasingly important impediment to the accomplishment of the Single Market and therefore welcomes this consultation on possible solutions for ...
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Level 2 implementing measures on the pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II)

As its very name indicates, Solvency II has been primarily designed to prevent insurance companies bankruptcies, and not to protect policy holders. These are two different and sometimes conflicting objectives ...
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