Categoria: International update

EU Alert for Week 41 includes two topics:

– The just published Action Plan on Capital Market Union
– A call for evidence on the cumulative impact of financial legislation.

ecoDa week alert Nr. 39. The EU Action Plan on Capital Market Union will be published next week. Corporate Governance will not  be  addressed  in the Action Plan  but the European Commission might come back with related proposals in 2017.

ecoDa week alerts March-May 2015 on Shareholders Rights Directive and others..

European competitiveness is being challenged both by emerging markets and by traditional competitors, such as the US. The deep and wide European recession resulting from the financial crisis has exposed the economic vulnerability of Europe. The need for concerted actions from the European business community, European governments and not the least the EU institutions has never  before been more pronounced.
Regulations and laws cannot solve the fundamental problem behind European competitiveness: the ability of European companies to stay competitive in a globalized world. On the contrary, lawmakers must design a legal framework that supports the sustainability and the competitiveness of European companies.
A key question is the level of professionalism governing European companies. Do the Boards of Directors of European listed and non-listed companies have the professionalism needed to advance European competitiveness in a sustainable way?  ecoDa chose the subject of “The professionalism of directors- Key to European Competitiveness?” to celebrate its 10 th anniversary.
This conference was  the last one in a series of ecoDa 10th Anniversary conferences.  It  started in Stockholm last June, moved to Ljubljana during the fall and is now finishing off in Brussels.

The project conference was divided into four parts:
– “The Professionalism of directors: Directors that deliver”,
– “Challenging discussion: The importance of economic intelligence for boardrooms”,
– “The Professionalism of Directors: Directors that are well selected”,
– “The Professionalism of Directors: Challenges for the 10 coming years”.

26/10/2015 
EU Alert for Week 43

1) The Financial Reporting Council has published more information about its project on corporate culture and boards.

2) An upcoming consultation following the non-financial reporting directive October 2015

3) An upcoming consultation on responsible investment October 2015

4) Gender Diversity in Boardrooms

5) 2016 Work programme for the European Commission

6) New surveys from the ECON Committee – European Parliament October 2015

7) News from ecoDa

ecoDa week alerts February-May 2015 on Shareholders Rights Directive and others

Week alert 2 includes:

1. The draft report of the JURI Committee on the shareholders’ rights directive.
2. The comments of the European Federation of Employee Share Ownership following the study on  “The Promotion of Employee Ownership and Participation”.

Week alert 3 includes:

1. Shareholders’ Rights Directive: Amendments to the ECON Committee draft report (see attached the full document)
2. Women on Company boards: plenary debate at the EP
3. DG Justice Organization Chart.