TAG: Asset Management
France steps up efforts to lure post-Brexit financial jobs to Paris
PARIS — As he flies to New York Friday to convince Wall Street firms to invest in Paris, French Fina...
8 months ago
Macron’s EU capital markets dream lies in tatters
BRUSSELS ― French President Emmanuel Macron's finance minister says he's "fed up with discussions" and "empty statements."On Friday, as leaders of every eurozone country gather in Brussels for a summit about nothing very much at all, that's exactly what h...
6 months ago
The Markus Ferber affair: When lawmaking meets business
BRUSSELS — Is it kosher to aim to make more than €1 million from a consulting scheme in which a powerful German politician advises banks on financial rules he helped write into EU law? That was exactly the plan of Michael Heijmeijer, a Dutch businessman,...
6 months ago
Parliament quietly rejects calls to probe Markus Ferber
The European Parliament will not investigate German conservative MEP Markus Ferber following a POLITICO investigation into his relationship with Dutch businessman Michael Heijmeijer.The decision was made effective last week during Parliament’s Conference...
5 months ago
The green leftie lawmaker taking on Europe’s economy
BRUSSELS ― If lobbyists and the finance industry were hoping for a more malleable chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs — well, they just had their hopes dashed. For the next five years, ECON will be led by the Fren...
2 months ago