Let's Talk EU

The European Commission, which is the executive branch of the European Union welcomes incoming president elect Ursula von der Leyen. Formerly minister of defense for Germany, von der Leyen and her team of commissioners are bringing new energy to the Commission. In this podcast, Josina Kamerling, head of regulatory outreach for CFA Institute for the Europe, Africa and the Middle East explores their ambitious agenda. She said it includes generating more awareness among people about what the EU is doing for them, consummating the work of the prior commission — from banking to Brexit and a host of items in between — a European green deal, wage fairness, and the integration of environmental, social and governance standard into the finance industry, among other items. Karmerling also delves into the agenda items of three commissioners on von der Leyen's team in this comprehensive podcast.

For years the EU, The European Parliament, and most recently, the capital markets union have wrestled with the notion of sustainable finance and how to strengthen the long term connection between society and the financial services business. With the emergence of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards, this connection is strengthening in equities but less so in bonds. So-called Green Bonds pose a number of challenges including taxonomy, liability regimes and disclosures. In the podcast, Josina Kamerling, head of regulatory outreach for CFA Institute for Europe explores the state of the discussion on Green Bonds and what developments investors and policy makers might expect in the coming months and years.

In this episode, Josina Kamerling, head of regulatory outreach for CFA Institute for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, explains how CFA Institute fits into overall EU policy development. She takes listeners through the labyrinth of recent initiatives concerning capital flows, governance, securitization, supervision, and taxation, among other issues, to make the case for stronger centralization and harmonization of financial-market supervision in Europe.

What will happen on the fateful dates of May 23-26, the period set down for elections throughout the EU member states? Though it's not always easy to see, the European Union has been built on consensus. Achieving consensus has never been easy or pretty, but it's the bedrock of the EU. And in an era of rapid change—Brexit, new political parties, new regional alliances, and changing U.S. policies—it's also the driving force behind what appears to be politically intractable gridlock.

But according to Josina Kamerling, head of regulatory outreach for CFA Institute for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, consensus will be the savior, not the undoing of the EU. In this episode, she explains why there's too much at stake for Europe's leaders not to come to the table once again to solve their myriad political and economic challenges.

In this episode, Josina Kamerling, head of regulatory outreach for CFA Institute for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, takes listeners through a range of issues facing EU markets, from blockchain technologies to deposit guarantees to sustainability standards, among others.

She posits that success rests not with the decisions that are reached per se, but rather through the strength of the union that is formed to address these manifold challenges. Further, this future union will play a critical role in creating a European voice that is heard, and respected, on the world's stage.