Showing 1 - 10 of 26
Crowdfunding has experienced rapid growth in some EU Member States. However, home bias by investors and regulatory … barriers prevent the crowd and the project from moving freely across borders. Crowdfunding has, for the most part, remained a … phenomenon of those larger Member States that ‘draw a crowd', with a population large enough to make a crowdfunding website an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953602
This note presents my position regarding the hidden ownership schemes currently employed by the Schaeffler group to build up stakes in Continental AG in preparation for an unsolicited surprise cash-bid for Continental's shares. It summarizes the information publicly available on the Schaeffler /...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216312
The UK's withdrawal from the European Union will have – and already has – a dramatic impact on the political, legal and economic landscape, both in Britain and on the continent. This contribution takes a closer look at the effects on individual relationships and businesses. Against the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012968102
Looking at collective investment schemes from a financial law perspective seems to stand in harsh contrast to the OECD's perspective as expressed in the materials to BEPS Item 6. While financial lawyers emphasize the use of collective investment schemes – for manifold-financial relationships...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912146
Europe's path to digitization and datafication in finance has rested upon four apparently unrelated pillars: (1) extensive reporting requirements imposed after the Global Financial Crisis to control systemic risk and change financial sector behavior; (2) strict data protection rules reflecting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889975
This paper analyzes the EU’s efforts in designing a social taxonomy for sustainable investments. Examining the draft Social Taxonomy proposed by the Platform for Sustainable Finance in early 2022, we challenge the decision to follow the methodology provided by the EU’s environmental taxonomy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029987
Following recent developments in some European jurisdictions, the Committee on European Securities Regulators (CESR) proposed “to extend major shareholding notifications to instruments of similar economic effect to holding shares and entitlements to acquire shares” on 9 February 2010. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147414
Abstract: The key issue concerning shareholder transparency rules, and the related rules on acting in concert (Europe), or the voting group concept (U.S.) is enforcement. Rather than thinking about appropriate enforcement measures, jurisdictions such as the UK and Switzerland decided in favor of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152361
The AIFMD provides a harmonized European framework for regulating alternative investment funds. Prior to discussing its details, this chapter introduces to the AIFMD, discussing the developments that led to its adoption (Part 1), the AIFMD's principal objectives (Part 2) and its key tools for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089416
Following the publication of the ESMA Final Report and Feedback Statement on the Consultation Regarding the Role of the Proxy Advisory Industry in February 2013, a number of industry members formed a committee under the independent chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Dirk Andreas Zetzsche, LL.M....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054121