Pouring old wine into new skins? : UCITS & asset management in the EU after MiFID : a CEPS-ECMI task force report /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels, Belgium), European Capital Markets Institute
Other Authors:	Leclair, Alain, Lannoo, Karel, Casey, Jean-Pierre, Candigliota, Giovanni, Chirico, Alessandra
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Brussels : Centre for European Policy Studies, [2008]
Subjects:	European Commission. > Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. European Commission. > Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive. Fund management > European Union countries. Portfolio management > European countries.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Executive summary
Introduction
1. The European asset management industry : a survey
1.1. Investment funds. 1.2. Insurance companies. 1.3. Pension funds- 1.4. Concluding remarks
2. The structure of the investment funds industry
2.1. Fee structure in the fund industry
3. The 2002 UCITS Amendments and the ongoing review
3.1. UCITS II and III
3.2. Assessment
3.3. The Commission's White Paper and draft release
3.4. Coherence of the retail investment product regime in the EU
4. MiFID's impact on the fund management industry
4.1. Uneven playing fields?
4.2. Further impact of MiFID on the asset management sector
4.3 MiFID and the distribution of non-harmonised products
References
Annex 1. Statistics on asset management
Annex 2. Basic rules of capital adequacy and asset allocation under the EU's Free Provision of Services Directive
Annex 3. List of task force members and invited guest speakers.