Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
14 Fte (30)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
18
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The Investment Association
EU Transparency Register
5437826103-53 First registered on 30 Jun 2008
Goals / Remit
The Investment Association’s purpose is to ensure investment managers are in the best possible position to:
- Build people’s resilience to financial adversity
- Help people achieve their financial aspirations
- Enable people to maintain a decent standard of living as they grow older
- Contribute to economic growth through the efficient allocation of capital
The Investment Association provides a centre of excellence on investment management and publishes regular data on the state of the industry. The Investment Association members are committed to ensuring that high standards are maintained within the industry, to the benefit of investors and the industry itself.Main EU files targeted
All dossiers relating to the service of asset management, whether via funds (eg. UCITS) or for institutions such as insurers and pension schemes, and covering related matters including tax, accounting and disclosure and investor protection as it relates to these and all other investment products. Equally, we track developments such as MiFIR, touching on the wholesale markets that asset management makes accessible to customers, together with related issues such as operations and prevention of market abuse. In addition, the Association intervenes on matters of risk and risk management, including the systemic risks posed by institutions such as CCPs (clearing houses) as well as banks. We do all the above with regard to international consistency and mutual recognition.
Address
Head Office
Kingsway, 65
London WC2B 6TD
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
30
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 75% 6 50% 2 25% 18 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
14
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Feb 2015
Name Start date End Date Ms Karen NORTHEY 29 Mar 2022 29 Mar 2023 Mr David MCCARTHY 09 Mar 2022 09 Mar 2023 Mr Christopher CUMMINGS 09 Mar 2022 09 Mar 2023 Ms Laetitia ANNET 08 Mar 2022 08 Mar 2023 Mr Christopher CUMMINGS 20 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Mr Johannes Woelfing 19 Feb 2019 19 Feb 2020 Ms Jessica FOULDS 12 Jan 2019 11 Jan 2020 Mr Christopher CUMMINGS 21 Dec 2018 20 Nov 2019 Ms Galina DIMITROVA 14 Mar 2018 14 Mar 2019 Mr Johannes Woelfing 01 Mar 2018 19 Feb 2019 Mr Christopher CUMMINGS 11 Jan 2018 21 Dec 2018 Mr Ross BARRETT 20 Nov 2017 17 Nov 2018 Ms Jessica FOULDS 20 Nov 2017 17 Nov 2018 Mr Johannes Woelfing 21 Feb 2017 21 Feb 2018 Mr Christopher CUMMINGS 30 Nov 2016 30 Nov 2017 Mr Angus Canvin 29 Nov 2016 20 Nov 2017 Mr Arjun SINGH 05 Nov 2015 29 Jun 2016 Mr Jonathan GEE 04 Nov 2015 10 Dec 2015 Mr Andrew Ninian 20 May 2015 14 May 2016 Ms Elizabeth Murrall 20 May 2015 14 May 2016 Mr DANIEL CHARLES GODFREY 24 Mar 2015 30 Oct 2015 Mr Guy Sears 19 Mar 2015 17 Mar 2016 Mr Andrew Richard Timothy Metcalfe 17 Mar 2015 09 Dec 2015 Mr Angus Canvin 17 Mar 2015 13 Mar 2016 Mr Arjun SINGH 11 Nov 2014 05 Nov 2015 Mr Florian Van Megen 17 Jul 2014 15 Jul 2015 Mr Andrew Richard Timothy Metcalfe 28 Feb 2014 03 Mar 2015 Mr JORGE MORLEY-SMITH 08 Oct 2013 05 Oct 2014 Ms KAREN BOWIE 05 Oct 2013 04 Oct 2014 Mr DANIEL CHARLES GODFREY 27 Sep 2013 26 Sep 2014 Mrs Julie Patterson 03 Sep 2013 29 Aug 2014 Mr BERNARD KERSLEY IRVING HENRY 08 Aug 2013 08 May 2014 Complementary Information
A team of 4 is involved in active direct engagement on EU dossiers, with other staff having either occasional involvement or, more commonly, an analytical role that also entails some amount of drafting of responses to EU consultations, whether from the Commission or the ESAs.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Richard Metcalfe (Director, Regulatory Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Daniel Godfrey (Chief Executive)
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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
We are members of EFAMA (European Fund and Asset Management Association) and the Financial Future (FF) discussion forum.
Member organisations
http://www.theinvestmentassociation.org/about-the-investment-association/members.html
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
We have assumed an exchange rate of £1=€1.35.
The figures are marginally inflated, to the extent that some staff only joined half way through the year but have been counted as working all of 2014, in order to avoid any risk of understating the Association's spend on EU advocacy. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Jorge Morley-Smith (Director) is a member of the TAXUD Expert Group on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
We assist members in implementing EU legislation and host or sponsor occasional events in Brussels, such as conferences, to which EU officials, policy makers and MEPs and staff may be invited.
Other activities
The Investment Association works to promote a legal, tax and regulatory environment which makes investment better, both in the UK, Europe and internationally. Better for clients of investment managers, so they achieve their financial goals. Better for companies, so they get the capital they need to grow. Better for the economy, so the country prospers. In Europe our main aim is to achieve a true Single Market in investment management to improve the consumers' experience and help them achieve their (financial) aspirations.
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Meetings
18 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 26 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Retail investment strategy, CMU action plan DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 15 Sep 2017 Location Tallinn Subject CMU mid-term review, PEPP, MiFID II and sustainable finance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Apr 2017 Location Malta Subject CMU, non-performing loan problem, sustainable finance. DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 30 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Financial services agenda Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marlene Madsen (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject CRD IV review for investment firms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Apr 2016 Location London Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 01 Mar 2016 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 19 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject OECD- BEPS 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 01 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Aug 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject CCP recovery and resolution Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jack Schickler (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 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 20 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II/MIFIR 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 08 May 2015 Location London Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 08 May 2015 Location London Subject Asset management/Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Resolution of central counterparties (CCPs) 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 23 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Capital Markets Union, transparency of disclosure and consumer protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2014 Location Brussels- European Commission Subject European consumer protection in the field of investor disclosure 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
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