Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,375,000€
Financial year: Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
30
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Managed Funds Association (MFA)
EU Transparency Register
041415315167-65 First registered on 05 Dec 2014
Goals / Remit
Managed Funds Association (MFA) represents the global alternative investment industry and its investors by advocating for sound industry practices and public policies that foster efficient, transparent, and fair capital markets. MFA, based in Washington, DC, is an advocacy, education, and communications organization established to enable hedge fund and managed futures firms in the alternative investment industry to participate in public policy discourse, share best practices and learn from peers, and communicate the industry’s contributions to the global economy. MFA members help pension plans, university endowments, charitable organizations, qualified individuals and other institutional investors to diversify their investments, manage risk, and generate attractive returns. MFA has cultivated a global membership and actively engages with regulators and policy makers in Asia, Europe, North and South America, and many other regions where MFA members are market participants.
Main EU files targeted
MFA represents participants in the alternative investment industry and tracks and advocates on their behalf, regulatory and legislative matters and dossiers affecting that industry, including, but not limited, to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, European Commission’s Short Selling Regulation, European Markets Infrastructure Regulation, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, Market Abuse Directive, Financial Transaction Tax, Capital Markets Union, and Shadow Banking.
Address
Head Office
600 14th St. NW
Suite 900
Washington, D.C. 20005
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 Apr 2019
Name Start date End Date Mr Taggart DAVIS 14 Mar 2023 14 Mar 2024 Complementary Information
Managed Funds Association works with outside consultancies for occasional assistance with activities covered by the register. While our expenditures on such external consultancies are included in our declaration of annual costs, the FTE count in this section does not include our outside consultants’ staff working on activities covered by the Register.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Michael Pedroni (Executive Vice President and Managing Director, International Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Richard Baker (President and Chief Executive Officer)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,375,000€
Other financial info
As mentioned above, MFA works with outside consultancies for occasional assistance with activities covered by the register. Therefore, in addition to covering the items listed in the Implementation Guidelines such as staff costs, our expenditures on external consultancies are also included in our declaration of annual costs listed above.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
MFA's Global Summit 2017, November 15, 2017 (London UK)
Sponsorship of the 16th Annual European Financial Services Conference, February 1, 2018 (Brussels, Belgium)
Sponsorship of the Global Finance Forum, April 19, 2018 (Washington, D.C.)
QED Conference – Prudential Regime for Investment Firms: The Way Forward (September 4, 2018)Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
30 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 06 Jun 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject CMU, RIS and SSR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Paul Moley (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Short Selling Regulation, CMU, AIFMD Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jul 2022 Location Brussels Subject AIFMD, MFA in Europe DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 10 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject AIFMD review ELTIF Regulation review MMFs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Peter Power (Cabinet member)
- Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Sep 2021 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Discussions concerning an upcoming event DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 30 Apr 2021 Location Brussels Subject Financial services Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
- Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2020 Location Virtual meeting Subject CMU, hedge funds, leverage and systemic risk DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 14 Nov 2019 Location Brussels Subject CMU, sustainable finance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject CMU, Sustainable Finance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject CMU and sustainable finance. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Apr 2019 Location Bucharest Subject Réforme des mesures prudentielles, l’impact du Brexit sur l’activité des fonds d’investissements américains dans l’Union européenne. DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 20 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Investment Firm Review (IFR), Brexit Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Dec 2017 Location Brussels Subject ESA review, MiFID, prudential regime for investment firms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Dec 2017 Location Brussels Subject Prudential Regime proposal DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 13 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject ESAs review; EMIR; Investment Firm Review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject CMU mid term review and financial services. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject CMU, Brexit, AIFMD DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 08 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject EU priorities Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject CCS follow up with Norway Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Robert Schröder (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject discussion on the economic outlook and the EU's regulatory agenda in relation to matters of taxation and financial services Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
- Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Financial Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Matthew Baldwin (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Lee Foulger (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Feb 2015 Location New York Subject EU and US Regulatory Agenda in Financial Services Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Investment Plan and Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Capital markets union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Valérie Herzberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2014 Location Brussels- European Commission Subject CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings