Brussels, 18 December 2020 – EFAMA, the voice of the European investment management industry, joins the French and Dutch financial market authorities’ call for a European regulation of ESG data, research and ratings.
European asset managers are observing a double-digit growth in the demand for ESG investments, and clients are increasingly sophisticated in their preferences*.
A renewed and total redesign of the Investment Officer BE and Investment Officer.lu website is something we are really proud of!
Bij de invoering van MiFID II heeft de markt een template ontwikkeld voor de data-uitwisseling tussen product manufacturers en de distributeurs. Een oplossing die door alle dataproviders en marktpartijen wordt gebruikt. Nu, ruim twee jaar later, kon de template wel een update gebruiken. Dat betekent dat we als markt afspraken hebben gemaakt over hoe we met elkaar overgaan naar een nieuwe versie. Onze eerste update!
De uitgebreide en gedetailleerde regels die de Europese toezichthouders in april hebben geconsulteerd, gelden dus niet per 10 maart 2021.
Today is the 5th anniversary of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For many years FinFiles is aware of the ESG impact and related data collection, validation and dissemination for asset managers and distributors of investment products. Therefor we share below UN article to start with the 'lazy' persons in the world.....
This briefing in our ESG series focuses on the European Commission’s proposals for disclosure requirements in respect of ESG factors to allow investors to make informed investment choices about ESG products.
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has written to the European Commission on the subject of the PRIIPS draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), calling for an immediate extension of the UCITS exemption, as well as an urgent Level 1 review of the regulation.
Tanguy van de Werve, EFAMA Director General, said: "Following a recent communication from the ESAs' to the European Commission on the fact that they were unable to agree on a revised PRIIPs draft RTS, the entire PRIIPs regime is in limbo."
De Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken (NVB) ondersteunt op hoofdlijnen de voorstellen van de Europese Commissie voor duurzamer beleggen, zo schrijft zij in haar reactie op twee consultaties van de Europese Commissie (EC).
On 6 July 2020, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published a sector letter containing guidelines on sustainability in the context of new rules and regulations.
The European Commission’s work on integrating sustainability considerations is an “essential milestone” that will further encourage the availability of environmental, social and governance (ESG) products to European investors, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).
The comments were made in response to the EC’s consultations on delegated acts that seek to integrate sustainability risks and sustainability factors into UCITS, Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).