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L’Europe devrait chercher avec l’administration Biden un accord sur une norme minimale d’informations extrafinancières des entreprises By Eric J. Pan L’expert de la régulation des marchés Eric J. Pan, dans une tribune au Monde, explique qu’une norme mondiale soutenue par l’UE et les...

Europe Should Seek an Agreement with the Biden Administration on Minimum Standard for Corporate Non-Financial Disclosure By Eric J. Pan (As published in LeMonde, January 18, 2021) On his first day in office, Joe Biden promises to bring the US back into the Paris Agreement on climate...

The Fund-Management Industry Now Wants the US to Take the Lead on ESG Investing—Here’s What It Says Biden Should Do By Eric J. Pan (As published in MarketWatch , December 7, 2020) President-elect Joe Biden clearly plans to recalibrate how the United States engages on key international...

Investment Company Act Turns 80 By Paul Schott Stevens (As published in Investment News , August 2020) Eighty years ago, on August 23, 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Investment Company Act of 1940, the culmination of the New Deal’s rewrite of American...

COVID-19: How Capital Markets Are Key to Europe’s Recovery By Patrice Bergé-Vincent (As posted in Funds Europe , June 8, 2020) Before COVID-19, the region’s economy already was struggling, with growth of just 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019. Now, EU policymakers are warning...

A Spousal IRA May Be the Best Gift You Can Give Your Non-Working Husband or Wife By Sarah Holden (As published in MarketWatch , February 6, 2020) Most people are aware that Social Security provides spousal benefits for husbands and wives who don’t have earnings. But there is another...

Ongoing UCITS Fees Are Falling By Giles Swan and James Duvall (As published in Investment & Pensions Europe , December 2019) UCITS are an example of EU financial innovation and a global success story. With €10.1 trillion in total net assets, UCITS help global investors save for...

Financial Transaction Tax Costs By Paul Schott Stevens (As published in InvestmentNews , November 11, 2019) Dear editor, Your story “Elizabeth Warren Healthcare Plan Sparks Outcry over 401(k) Tax Hike” accurately exposes a financial transaction tax (FTT) as a burden on retirement and...

Five Misimpressions Drive Baseless Warnings for Mutual Fund Industry By Sean Collins ( As published in InvestmentNews, September 23, 2019) The mutual fund industry has supposedly reached a significant tipping point: assets in US index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds have...

FSOC’s Proposals Would Promote Financial Stability, Not Undermine It By Paul Schott Stevens (As published in American Banker , June 28, 2019) Washington watchers often seem to have only one scale for measuring the regulations that govern our markets and economy: more versus less...