Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 The Case for the Introduction of a Cross-Sectoral European Passport for Depositaries -- 1.2.1 Depositaries versus Custodians -- 1.2.2 Overcoming the 'European Depositary Passport Paradox' -- 1.2.3 The...

On 8 July 2020, the Council published the last version of the European crowdfunding regulation (‘CFR'), as well as a related directive to amend MiFID II. Although both the regulation and related directive now need to be adopted by the European parliament before it can be published in the...

Increasingly, investors also pursue social goals and are not only seeking financial returns. For that reason, a social investment market is emerging in the EU, comprising, in part of, of investment funds targeting social undertakings. Such investment funds provide funding to social undertakings...

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In July 2012, the European Commission asked the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (‘EIOPA’), in the broader context of efforts to develop private funded pensions, to advise on a legal framework for a Single Market for PPPs. Following a Discussion Paper, a Preliminary...

A lack of European integration is keeping the markets closed off and, as a result, opportunities for growth and improvement in the Dutch and European pension and labour markets are not being sufficiently harnessed. We see developments that are laying the foundations for what we would like to...

Pensions are currently at the top of the agenda of companies, employees, pension carriers, governments and, last but not least, the European Commission. This is partly because of the economic crisis pension funds are in right now but also because of the aging population and the impact on public...

This contribution will especially address the EC's general policy in respect of the IORP II Proposal, also in connection with general more recent EU law developments, and its consequences for the pension systems of the EU Member States, with a focus on the occupational pension system of the...

Over the recent years, pension policy has become an ever more important topic throughout Europe. This peer reviewed article contains a description on the PEPP and its consumer protection elements, potential uses and its Level 2 measures. The Authors concludes that the PEPP can help break down...