Activities of Markus FERBER related to 2020/2036(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Digital Finance: emerging risks in crypto-assets - regulatory and supervisory challenges in the area of financial services, institutions and markets - Further development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU): improving access to capital market finance, in particular by SMEs, and further enabling retail investor participation (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of increasing legal certainty for cross-border investments by making national insolvency proceedings more efficient and effective; calls on the Commission to make ambitious legislative proposals to foster harmonisation of insolvency laws across the Union;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes with concern that over the past years a higher share of trading flows has gone to trading venues with limited transparency requirements and points out that such trades do not contribute meaningfully to price discovery; calls on the Commission and supervisory authorities to ensure that there is a level playing field between different trading venues;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Deplores that the investor protection provisions in several sectorial pieces of EU financial services legislation are poorly aligned resulting in undue complexity for financial intermediaries and retail clients alike; calls on the European Commission to adopt a more horizontal approach to investor protection in EU financial services legislation;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls the existence of different shortcomings in the legislation on packaged retail investment and insurance products (PRIIPs) that should be addressed in the next review; expects that Level 2 PRIIPs legislation on the Key Investor Document to respect level 1, in particular in relation to the performance scenarios; regrets the delays in the adoption of Level 2 PRIIPs legislation that will overlap with the first review of PRIIPs, and which increases legal uncertainty and costs for stakeholders; calls on the European Commission and the ESAs to coordinate their proposals for their respective level 1 and level 2 changes in a way that guarantees a high degree of predictability for intermediaries and retail clients alike;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. CRecalls for amendments to legislationthat the duality of fee- based and commission-based advisory models helps to ensure broad access to independent advice by financial intermediaries while avoiding promotion of the institution’s own financial products and ensuring a fair marketingfinancial markets for retail clients; points out that legislation can help to mitigate potential conflicts of financial producterests;