All Regulation articles – Page 16
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Analysis
News analysis: EU green paper on long-term financing
Just because banks will not provide the capital, does not mean pension funds will.
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News
Lobbyists fight plans to define German REITs as funds
GERMANY – EPRA, ZIA criticise BaFin's proposals to bring G-REITs under AIFMD regime.
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News
Danish regulator forces fund to revalue property portfolio
DENMARK – ISP told to write down value of real estate portfolio after investigation.
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News
FIRPTA proposals 'important step' for US real estate
UNITED STATES – AFIRE welcomes White House plans to change onerous tax laws for foreign investors.
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'Pragmatic' UK regulator excludes most joint ventures from AIFMD
EUROPE – FSA issues second consultation paper on Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.
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INREV laments no mention of property in Green Paper on long-term investing
EUROPE – Association praises Brussels for acknowledging negative impact of prudential regulation.
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ESG roundup: IIGCC, UK Green Investment Bank
GLOBAL – IIGCC releases report on impact of climate regulation on real estate market.
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News
REIT redefinition 'very welcome' – British Property Federation
UK – UK government to consider classing REITs as institutional investors.
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Magazine
A soliloquy to the rule makers
Regulators need to put real estate centre stage when setting the rules for the broader financial industry, writes Peter Cosmetatos
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Magazine
The law of unintended consequences
The property industry faces a confluence of regulatory changes, including Basel III, ‘slotting’ and shadow banking legislation. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Magazine
The rewards of preparation
Following the publication of the AIFMD remuneration guidelines, Melville Rodrigues considers the implications and suggests the next steps to be taken
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News
CPPIB laments dearth of investments for pension funds' 'patient capital'
GLOBAL – Applying SRI to infrastructure, real estate 'simply smart long-term investing'.
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Magazine
The time is now
With the release of level-two measures, fund managers can no longer maintain a wait-and-see approach to AIFMD. Michael Hornsby and Axelle Ferey explain
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News
Irish standard to allow infrastructure bonds as matching assets
IRELAND – Pensions Board says inclusion 'imminent' at Irish Association of Pension Funds conference.
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News
Chinese policy ‘no substitute for market reform’
CHINA – Attempts to restrict housing inflation targeting the wrong factors, says economist.
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News
UK government increases local authority infrastructure threshold
UK – Local authority funds allowed to invest additional 15% in limited partnerships.
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News
Pension funds doubt EMIR will reduce derivatives risk
EUROPE – Majority of respondents to Redington poll admit to being unprepared for legislation.
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News
Brussels to 'calibrate' all directives with long-term investing Green Paper
EUROPE – Commissioner Michel Barnier says directives would include CRD IV, Solvency II and IORP II.
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Towers Watson, Aon Hewitt urge EIOPA to drop market discount rate
EUROPE – Joint response by German consultancies allege EIOPA 'willfully damaging' European pensions.
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INREV welcomes clarity of 'strict' AIFMD remuneration guidelines
EUROPE – Guidelines include 'nothing that is completely unworkable', organisation says.