Tag Archives: ECON
Insurance Europe supports IDD delay
ECON’s call to the Commission to delay the application of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) has been welcomed by Michaela Koller, director general of Insurance Europe. The EU Parliament’s ECON committee recommended the delays to the European Commission, and Insurance Europe hopes a delay would give insurers sufficient time to implement IDD with legal certainty (which, by extension, […]
ECON votes on TLAC
The ECON in the EP has voted to harmonise the bail-in hierarchy by supporting the Commission proposal for a new category of “non-preferred” senior class of debt instruments in line with the TLAC standard. The instruments cannot be a derivative or have any derivative component, and will sit between senior liabilities and own funds instruments […]
ECON publishes draft retail FS plan
The EP has published a draft report on the Action Plan for retail financial services. The report: says the EU retail financial services market is still underdeveloped and fragmented, but recognises that such a market will work only if it delivers real customer value; welcomes the Commission’s action plan working towards a single technology-enabled market; […]
The European parliament’s committee on economic and monetary affairs (econ) calls on commission to present legislation to protect whistle-blowers
In a draft opinion published on the 23 May, ECON says there is a need to ensure whistle-blowers are able to report not only illegal activities but also wrongdoing and any information in the public interest. The draft opinion says whistle-blowers should be free to report both internally within the workplace, and externally, and should […]
ECON votes for consumer access to BO information
ECON and the Civil Liberties committee in the EP are pressing for further amendments to MLD4 to allow EU citizens to be able to access registers of company beneficial owners without having to show they have a “legitimate interest”. They also called for a public register showing the beneficial owners of trusts. Other changes discussed included requiring virtual […]
ECON rejects PRIIPS RTS
ECON has unanimously rejected the Commission’s draft KID for PRIIPS. It said much of the proposed content contained flaws, and could lead investors to think an investment would more profitable than was likely. There is a now a significant risk that the PRIIPS Regulation will have to take effect (at the end of the year) […]