Andreas Stepnitzka, EFAMA Deputy Director, Regulatory Policy, comments:
Distribution & Client Disclosures
EFAMA monitors issues surrounding fund distribution and disclosures to investors. These include investor protection and disclosure issues arising from the evolving PRIIPs and MiFID frameworks, the shift towards digital distribution tools, and the continued integration of ESG considerations into fund products.
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Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
PRIIPs
22 October 2021
EFAMA Statement on the ECON Committee’s draft report amending the UCITS directive for PRIIPs
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Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
Management Companies
29 September 2021
Distance marketing of consumer financial services – Review of EU rules
EFAMA provided high-level comments to the Commission’s consultation on the potential review of the Directive on Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services.
We agree with the Commission’s interpretation that the Directive is seen as a “safety net” for financial services not already subject to product-specific legislation. Fund and asset managers are already subject to various, more stringent and detailed sectoral legislations, such as (but not limited to) UCITS, AIFMD and MiFID as well as the (more recent) Cross-Border Fund Distribution Directives.
Policy position
Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
PRIIPs
09 September 2021
Joint industry response to the EC Better Regulation consultation on the UCITS ‘quick fixes'
The European Commission recently adopted amendments to the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) Regulation and the Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive. However, in contrast to earlier plans, the adoption of the revised Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/653 has been postponed.
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Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
Retail Investment
02 September 2023
EC "HAVE YOUR SAY" consultation on the EU Strategy for Retail Investors
In July the European Commission released their long-awaited Retail Investment Strategy, including multiple proposals aimed at boosting retail participation in capital markets. EFAMA has provided comments on this in their ‘Have your say’ forum, where we briefly highlight some of our main concerns.
Policy Position
Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
Retail Investment
16 December 2022
Joint Industry letter on the importance of advice and preserving the commission-based model
EFAMA, together with EBF, Insurance Europe, EACB, EAPB, ESBG and EUSIPA, issued a public letter addressed to Vice-President Dombrovskis, Commissioners McGuinness and Director-General Berrigan, remarking the importance of advice for European retail investors and the need to maintain the coexistence of fee-based and commission-based advice.
Policy Position
Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
Retail Investment
10 October 2022
ESMA’s Consultation paper on the review of the guidelines on MiFID II product governance requirements
EFAMA wholeheartedly supports ESMA’s objective of ensuring a consistent and harmonised application of the MiFID II product governance requirements. In our response to their consultation on the topic, we raised the following points:
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Capital Markets Union
Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
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Tax ＆ Accounting
10 September 2020
Household Participation in Capital Markets - Country Statistical Profiles
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Capital Markets Union
Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
PRIIPs
EU Fund regulation
Investor Education
Pensions
Tax ＆ Accounting
Withholding taxes
21 July 2020
3 questions to Sheila Nicoll and Alexander Schindler on the Capital Markets Union High Level Forum
Q #1 What is the difference of the High-Level Forum report to previous initiatives on the Capital Markets Union? What is different this time around?
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Capital Markets Union
Competitiveness
Data
Distribution ＆ Client Disclosures
EU Fund regulation
International agenda
Management Companies
Pensions
Stewardship
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11 June 2020
Annual Review June 2019-June 2020
"It gives me great pleasure to provide you with an overview of our activities since our Annual General Meeting in Paris last year. While we were very much looking forward to hosting you all in Brussels this week, the current crisis and associated travel restrictions has forced us to improvise and turn our meeting into a virtual AGM.
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