Archive

Year: 2016

  • A new direction for IOSCO

    May 31, 2016

    The Financial Services Practice organised a roundtable with Paul Andrews, the recently appointed Secretary General of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions better known under its acronym IOSCO.   In an open discussion led by Bertrand Huet, senior adviser at FH, Mr. Andrews discussed with stakeholders IOSCO’s forward looking agenda.   The lunch time event took place at FleishmanHillard’s Brussels offices on 31 May 16...

  • IOSCO – New Leadership, New Agenda, New Challenges & Opportunities

    May 30, 2016

    The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) was born 33 years ago, when 11 regulators from North and South America got together as markets were beginning to look global.  Today, there are 126 securities regulators from across all continents, who are members of IOSCO. IOSCO’s raison d’etre is to set global standards for securities regulation. It meets every year to review priorities; however, the annual AGM in Lima, Peru, earlier this month, was a bit...

  • 5 Days of Digital

    May 23, 2016

    FleishmanHillard Brussels opened their doors to anyone working in EU affairs with an interest in digital and social strategies. For “Five Days of Digital,” FH digital, social and creative experts took to the floor to share their expertise. Five sessions, as well as one bonus later on, provided guidance on leveraging presence on Twitter and LinkedIn, clarifying Wikipedia, launching social campaign strategy and implementing video. Experiencing great attendance and positive feedback, the week-long event marks...

  • Corporate taxation and the EU, a conversation with Director General Stephen Quest

    May 10, 2016

    The Financial Services Practice organised a roundtable with Stephen Quest, European Commission’s Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union.   Following the Director-General’s keynote speech, the conversation with stakeholders tackled the future of EU corporate taxation.   The lunch time event took place at FleishmanHillard’s Brussels offices on 10 May 16...

  • The turnaround on EU tax policy

    May 4, 2016

    The Benjamin Franklin quote above is increasingly becoming true, even to the old ‘certainty’ in the EU that common tax policies – demanding unanimous decision-making between Member States – will only move at glacier speed through the negotiations. Corporate taxation currently features big on the European policy agenda, and is unlikely to lose ground any time soon. A combination of heightened media attention, revelations of tax evasion through Luxleaks or Panama Papers, budgetary constraints in many countries...

  • FleishmanHillard Roundtable on Circular Economy: Institutions are ready to engage!

    April 29, 2016

    “The future belongs to those who wake up early,” say the French. The discussion during our roundtable on the Circular Economy Action Plan, which was unveiled last December, proves exactly that. On 27 April, we had the pleasure to host Mrs. Pietikäinen, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the 2015 Circular Economy own-initiative report, Mr. Radziejewski from European Commission Vice-President Katainen’s cabinet, as well as industry and NGO representatives for a roundtable discussion on the practical...

  • What future for pensions and insurance in Europe?

    April 28, 2016

    The Financial Services Practice organised a roundtable with Nathalie Berger, Head of Unit Insurance and Pensions, DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union of the European Commission.   The main topic for discussion was the future of pensions & insurance agenda in Europe.   The lunch time event took place at FleishmanHillard’s Brussels offices on 17 Mar 16...

  • Discussing the Circular Economy with the European Commission and Parliament

    April 27, 2016

    In April, we hosted a roundtable on the progress of the Circular Economy action plan. Speakers included the most active EPP MEP on the issue, Sirpa Pietikäinen and also the circular economy lead from Vice President Katainen’s cabinet, Grzegorz Radziejewski. Understandably the event was extremely well attended, both by clients and non-clients from across the value chain, incorporating industry stakeholders and also NGOs. The speakers brought expertise from both sides of the institutions, and facilitated...

  • Inventing tomorrow: European industry’s next act

    April 22, 2016

    “Digitising industry” should be more than wishful thinking and a catch phrase for eurocrats as “Europe’s pride” – traditional manufacturing and production methods have not proved immune to digital transformation; and this is for the best. Over the past year, private sector executives and decision makers from Davos to Washington D.C. have been using their brain power and time to discuss the impact of new technologies for the development of products and the future of...

  • How can the aviation industry best use Twitter?

    April 21, 2016

    In April, we invited a select group of senior-level aviation stakeholders to take part in a twitter lunch jointly hosted by our Transport Lead, Rob Anger and our Digital, Social and Creative Lead Brett Kobie. The event covered the advanced use of Twitter to achieve business and policy objectives in the EU aviation space by giving an overview of FH's tried and tested methodology for using Twitter for EU aviation policy communications. This was done...

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