Anyone interested in the future of pensions should welcome the European initiative on the Pan European Personal Pension products (Pepp). Retirement provision is a major issue facing all European countries, hit by a combination of increasing life expectancy and lowering long-term interest rates.
In a scathing note aimed at Brussels, a senior adviser and industry association boss has severely criticised the European regulatory “circus”.
Fecif, the European Federation of Independent Financial Advisers, is backing the Pan-European Pension product (Pepp) to succeed.
The legislative barriers restricting the cross-border distribution of funds across Europe have to be removed and replaced with harmonised rules at EU level, the European Federation of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Advisers (Fecif) says.
UK trade association Libertatem has joined the European Federation of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Advisers (Fecif).
European IFAs will have a better understanding of their industry following detailed analysis of the continent’s advice sector by the European Federation of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Advisers (Fecif).
Vanguard has a new managing director of its Japanese operations, while Generali Investments has made some changes to its board. One of Wealth Club’s co-founders has left the business after just a year.
The widespread distribution models in many European countries are not understood properly by the European Securities & Markets Authority (Esma), making parts of its new product governance rules “unworkable” for financial advisers, according to Fecif’s secretary general Paul Stanfield.
Advisers across Europe will be able to stay ahead of regulatory and legislative changes following the launch of a database and documents library by the European Federation of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Advisers (Fecif).
Schroders has become the latest associate member to join Fecif, the European Federation of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Advisers.
The recent release of the UK’s Financial Advice and Market Review (FAMR) might not have had much impact elsewhere in Europe but perhaps it should have done, says Paul Stanfield, secretary general of the European Federation of Financial Advisers and Financial Intermediaries (FECIF)
The European Federation of Financial Advisors and Intermediaries (FECIF) has announced plans to partner with a department of Nice University to conduct a survey of the size and scale of the European financial advice market.
