Let's Talk EU

Josina Kamerling provides an analysis of the EU policy developments and practices on Corporate Governance and ESG disclosure in the EU, and provides some action points for European policymakers, companies and investors.

A discussion with Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, director of research and the director of the Paris office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, on the transatlantic relationship in the context of a global repositioning of influences.

A discussion with Luca Grassadonia, CFA Society Italy, on the European Commission initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance and the CFA Institute report "Corporate Governance and ESG Disclosure in the EU".

A conversation with Jim Allen, head of Americas capital markets policy at CFA Institute. Looking back at the relationship between EU and US on financial services over the past years.

A conversation with Jim Allen, head of Americas capital markets policy at CFA Institute. Looking back at the relationship between EU and US on financial services over the past years.

An analysis of the revised EU Capital Market Union (CMU) action plan with Thomas Wieser, Chair of the EU high-level forum on CMU

A discussion with Kazim Razvi Director of Financial Reporting the podcast looks at some of the global issues of non-financial reporting and the changes proposed at the EU level. With a particular focus on the problems facing SMEs in the context of enabling their access to investors and markets.

A conversation with Mary Leung head of Advocacy in APAC for CFA institute. Comparing and contrasting the treatment of inducements across key markets in APAC and with relevance for the EU context where consideration is being given whether to ban or not inducements.

Josina speaks with Rainer Riess, Director General of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), to discuss the recommendations of the European IPO Task Force report, which will be published on 2 March 2020. The European Task Force, which is composed of corporate representatives and independent experts from the financial sector, was established with the aim of suggesting solutions to address the current issues in the IPO market in Europe. Josina and Rainer are members of the Task Force while CFA Institute and FESE are among the co-organisers.

In this episode, we hear from Axel Kleinlein, president at Better Finance. He discusses the next steps in finding a solution to sustainable investing, which centers on finding a taxonomy.