All articles by Jeremy Woolfe – Page 4
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Jeremy Woolfe: In Brussels, tomorrow never happens
Consternation is rife as the European Commission delays new financial rules and regulations, writes Jeremy Woolfe
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Focus on low returns
Dismally low returns on EU pension fund investments over 15 years? The allegation comes in a study by Better Finance, the European Federation of Investors & Financial Services Users. The report, Pensions Savings: The Real Return, points to excessive fees, points to other charges, and badly framed taxation rules, as the culprits.
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IPE Views: The CMU, the Wind and the Sun
Jonathan Hill may be turning to Aesop’s Fables to sell the Capital Markets Union, says Jeremy Woolfe
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Opinion PiecesLetter from Brussels: Pressure builds on tax havens
Brussels’ financial focus is on aggressive corporate tax planning and the related question of tax havens. This concerns the hedge fund ‘passport’ rights to do business across the EU and compliance of the offshore jurisdictions where they are domiciled to EU norms.
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EC vows review of 'discriminatory' pension taxation at launch of CMU plan
Action Plan on Capital Markets Union backs pan-European personal pensions, changes to Solvency II and boosts securitisation
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IPE Views: CMU gets a strategy plan
Even the most reform-resistant EU member states will face pressure to comply, writes Jeremy Woolfe
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NewsBrussels to move ahead with creation of Investment Court System
New system to replace existing investor-to-state dispute settlement mechanism
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: A tricky path ahead
The process of making pensions policy in Brussels between now and end of the year resembles two juggernauts moving towards each other
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ESMA calls for extension of hedge-fund passporting
Hedge funds welcome recommendation to grant passport facilities for trading to Jersey, Guernsey
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Ready with the axe?
The lack of demand rather than supply for both credit and capital is a common criticism from investors of the EU’s capital market union (CMU) programme
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EIOPA to launch consultation paper on personal pensions
Initiative’s aim to put in place common, optional scheme, particularly for cross-border workers
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Bernardino warns of generational conflict from ageing population
Chairman of EIOPA calls for renewed discussion of supervisor’s funding model
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Dearth of cross-border funds a 'heritage nightmare', says IORP rapporteur
Rapporteur for European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs committee describes cross-border framework as bizarre
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Commissioner Hill 'not opposed' to solvency rules for pensions
Commissioner for financial stability tells reception hosted by industry group PensionsEurope that pension funds must be ‘managed responsibly’
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Awaking a sleep-walking economy
A few more European cross-border lending opportunities have started to emerge. This follows anticipation of the European Investment Plan launched by Jean-Claude Juncker
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NewsIPE Views: Parliament debates risks of IORP inaction
Jeremy Woolfe observes the European Parliament from the sidelines and finds old arguments being rehashed and warning shots exchanged
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ESMA calls for UCITS amendments with launch of EMIR review
European agency says current UCITS regime unfit for new derivatives regulations as Commission reviews impact of EMIR
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IPE Views: The Brussels waffle
Jeremy Woolfe laments the lack of substance in European discourse
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Brussels: Bond market scrutiny
There has been a flurry of activity and comment from industry groups on the subject of bond market liquidity
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IPE Views: Talk-talk-talking in Brussels
Jeremy Woolfe is less than impressed with level of discourse among Europe’s bureaucrats
