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Joint letter to the European Commission on AIFMD delegation
Invest Europe
Ahead of the forthcoming AIFMD review, Invest Europe joined forces with other trade associations, such as AIMA, ACC and Inrev, to express our concerns to the European Commission on any changes policymakers are considering making to the AIFMD delegation regime. The letter explains, among others, how the EU benefits from the global nature of the fund management industry and that the EU fund management regulatory framework is robust and fit for purpose.
Feedback to European Commission on the Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
Invest Europe-PAE
In our response, we welcome the Commission’s proposal for a CSRD and support the view that in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth it is key to have relevant, comparable and reliable sustainability information. That said, we ask the Commission to pay particular attention to certain aspects of the CSRD of key importance to the industry, such as the need for alignment, coherence and consistency on content and timeline with other pieces of legislation, such as the SFDR and the Taxonomy, and the importance of applying the materiality and proportionality principles when considering the extension of the scope to SMEs.
Feedback to EC Roadmap on DEBRA
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response, we shared our views on the European Commission’s initiative to mitigate a potential debt-equity bias induced by taxation. We notably stressed that the differences between the tax deductions of costs related to debt vs. equity should be dealt with in a way that allows for more deductions – not fewer. Thus, we are happy to support the idea of introducing an equity allowance.
Q&A to EBA on the treatment of banks' exposures to closed-ended funds
Invest Europe
This Q&A addresses the treatment of an institution’s investments into EU AIF managed by a non-EU AIFM and into closed-ended CIUs, flagging that clarification should be brought to such treatment to ensure that exposures to closed-ended funds are not given a risk weight that is not appropriate to the risk it poses.
Letter to European Commission on the treatment of banks' exposures to closed-ended funds
Invest Europe
This letter, as for the Q&A to the EBA, addresses the treatment of an institution’s investments into EU AIF managed by a non-EU AIFM and into closed-ended CIUs.
Webinar on Diversity in Private Equity
Invest Europe
Neil Griffiths (ERM), Maaike van der Schoot (AlpInvest Partners), Martina Sanow (Hg), Anna Follér (AP6) and Claus Asbjørn Andersson (Sunstone Life Science Ventures) joined our Diversity Webinar on 21 June to share insights and practical examples on how they approach diversity at GP, LP and portfolio company levels. The recording of the webinar is available in the Members' Policy Call section of the website. The results of the poll on DE&I practices in the industry undertaken during the webinar can be found here.
Insurance Europe & Invest Europe joint paper on Solvency II
Invest Europe
In this paper Insurance Europe and Invest Europe jointly present their suggestions on how to allow insurers to commit capital into long-term funds such as private equity ones. The document also gathers specific changes to the criteria of the Solvency II recently introduced long-term equity category.
Response to EC Consultation on ESAs review
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response we share our view that ESMA has generally had a positive role on supervisory convergence, although it should not necessarily receive new powers. We also comment that some changes could be made to the ESAs governance to make it able to take decisions in gold-plating cases (like AIFMD fees and charges) and that direct supervision is generally not welcomed.
Industry response to ESAs consultation on SFDR/Taxonomy disclosures
Invest Europe-PAE
In this consultation response, which is part of our ongoing efforts on seeking clarification on the application of SFDR, we have stressed the importance of ensuring coherence and alignment between different levels of reporting under EU law and asked the European regulators to introduce an element of proportionality into the reporting of Taxonomy alignment by asset managers.
Response to EC Roadmap on EU Retail Strategy
Invest Europe-PAE
In this response we reminded the European Commission about the importance of making changes to the investor categorisation, we explained the relevance of the ELTIF framework and we provided our support to rules that appropriately take into consideration both the nature of investors and of the funds that are marketed to them.
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