All articles by Jeremy Woolfe – Page 6
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News
European private equity inflows double, survey shows
Pension funds contribute 37% of 2013 total, according to figures from EVCA
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Opinion Pieces
The countdown begins
The countdown has started. By the end of May, 751 members of the European Parliament will have been selected by as many of the 400m electors who care enough to vote.
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Features
IORP II: Stand by for a saga
Pity the poor European Commission when it announces its long-awaited plans for a complete upgrade of EU rules governing occupational pensions.
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Opinion Pieces
Towards a 29th regime
A single-market regime for third-pillar pensions has moved closer with a paper entitled Towards an EU-Single Market for Personal Pensions from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).
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News
IORP II: Not bad but could do better
Jeremy Woolfe on the latest skirmish between Brussels and EU member states on the thorny issue of pensions
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News
European Commission prepares revisions to Shareholders' Rights Directive
Brussels looks to increase asset managers’ engagement with companies, overcome difficulty of cross-border voting
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IPE Views: Controlling the sale of pension products
Any chance for a tightening of rules on the sale of pension products looks lower than ever, says Jeremy Woolfe
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Opinion Pieces
Brussels to develop rules for social funds
Brussels looks set to flesh out the existing EU regulation for European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EuSEFs), which lays down broad principles as to how funds should be governed.
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News
Leaked draft of IORP II Directive sets out to support long-term investment
Proposal calls for fiscal consolidation but does not consider introduction of new solvency rules
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Opinion Pieces
Long-term critics
The European Commission’s report on responses to its consultation paper on long-term investing looks to be at least six months late. But don’t imagine the debate has gone away. The issue is likely to re-ignite in Brussels in the coming months after the Commission produces its assessment this quarter.
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Features
The journey to single EU financial legislation
The reform efforts of EU financial authorities are mostly focused on life insurance. But there are no grounds for the occupational pensions sector to rejoice – its turn will come later if regulatory plans come to pass.
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News
European Commission moves on cross-border pensions
Accord expected to be confirmed by European Parliament in plenary session
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News
EU moves to protect pension rights of ‘posted’ workers
Rules cover 1.2m workers, mainly in construction sector
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Opinion Pieces
A phoney war for KID
A phoney war is in operation. No guns are being fired. No bombs falling. But there a number of indications of an arms race over the matter of a simple two page information document known as KID – and its possible extension to cover the occupational pension sector.
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News
IPE Views: Insurance lobbying finally pays off
Jeremy Woolfe speaks with Brussels insiders on the significance of the Omnibus II agreement
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News
'29th regime' could solve conundrum of harmonising Europe's occupational pensions
Scheme could be made ’sufficiently solid’ to be safe for outside investors, CEPS says
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News
Brussels must revise rules for long-term savings, think tank says
Centre for European Policy Studies calls for creation of pan-European fund
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Opinion Pieces
A Lithuanian bottleneck
Yet another Brussels go-slow on IORP II legislative revisions? Yes, but it’s not just rules for occupational pensions. A let’s-put-off-until-tomorrow syndrome is hammering swathes of financial legislation and the Brussels machine is now close to deadlock.
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News
IPE Views: The European Commission isn't finished yet
The whispers in Brussels suggest another Green Paper on pensions is in the offing
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Features
IORP II: Keep it proportional
PensionsEurope gives a general thumbs-up to Brussels’ planned improvements to governance standards for occupational pensions
