Policy Papers and Research 2004 

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CP 04/23 - Bundled Brokerage and Soft Commission Arrangements
- IMA Response (December 2004)

OPRA Consultation on Trustee Knowledge, Understanding and Conversance
-  IMA Response (December 2004)

Centre for Financial Market Integrity Consultation on Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct
-  IMA response (December 2004)

London Stock Exchange Consultation on changes to the Structure of the UK Equity Market
-  IMA response (December 2004)

"The Impact of Shareholder' Pre-emption Rights on a public company's ability to raise new capital" 
-  IMA Response (December 2004)

CESR's consultation on guidelines for supervisors regarding the transitional provisions of the amending UCITS Directives
-IMA Response (December 2004)
 
CESR's - Call for evidence on the definitions of eligible assets
- IMA Response (November 2004)

Accounting Standards Board - Financial Instruments: Disclosure
-  FRED 33 (October 2004)
-  ED7 (October 2004)

CP 04/13 - Quarterly Consultation No.1
- IMA Response (October 2004)

CP 04/12 - FSMA Two Year Review
- IMA Response (October 2004)


CESR Consultation on Possible Implementing Measures to the (MiFID, or ISD2) - Part 2
- IMA Response (October 2004)

HM Treasury Consultation - Morris review of the Actuarial Profession
-  IMA response (September 2004)

CESR's Consultation on Possible Implementing Measures to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
- IMA Response (September 2004)
- IMA Response attachment (September 2004) 

"Stakeholder" Savings and investment products regulations
-  IMA Response (September 2004)
-  Appendix 1 (September 2004)
-  Appendix 2 (September 2004)

HM Treasury Consultation - Myners Review of the Governance of Life Mutuals
-  IMA Response (September 2004)

Proposals for a new savings tax regime for investment funds
Investing in Savers paper September 2004

European Commission - Financial Services Action Plan
- IMA response (September 2004)

House of Commons Treasury Select Committee - EU and Financial Services
- IMA Submission (September 2004)

Morris review of the Actuarial Profession
-  IMA Response (September 2004) 

Myners Review of the Governance of Life Mutuals
-  IMA Response (September 2004)
 
Draft Regulation on the Operating and Financial Review and Directors Report
-  IMA Response (August 2004) 

CESR's Consultation on the Mandate Concerning the Transparency Directive
-  IMA Response (August 2004)

CESR's Call for Evidence on the Second Set of MiFID Mandates
-  IMA Response (August 2004)
 
DTI Consultation Document on "Modernisation of Accounting Directives/IAS Infrastructure"
-  IMA Response (July 2004)

Accounting Standards Board - Financial Instruments: Extension of Scope
-  FRED 30 (July 2004)

Accounting Standards Board - UK Accounting Standards
-IMA response (July 2004)

CESR's Consultation on the Mandate for the Expert Group on Investment Management
-  IMA Response (July 2004)

"Moving up a gear?
A survey of the developments in the single market for asset management during 2003/04" (June 2004)

Discussion Paper 26: Fraud and Dishonesty
-  IMA Response  (May 2004)

EC's Consultation on the Role of (Independent) Non-Executive or Supervisory Directors
-  IMA Response (May 2004)
 
Tomlinson Review of 14 - 19 Education
- Letter to Secretary of State for Education (May 2004)

Follow-up written submission to the Treasury select committee inquiry into "Restoring confidence in long-term savings"
-  IMA Submission (May  2004)

Oral Evidence to the Treasury Select Committee on "Restoring Confidence in Long Term Savings" - (May 2004) 

Written evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs, sub committee inquiry into Finance Bill 2004
-  IMA Submission (April 2004) 

EC's Consultation on Directors' Remuneration
-  IMA Response (April 2004)

CP 04/2 - Fees and fees policy 2004/05
- IMA Response (April 2004) 

Accounting Standards Board - Prospective Members
-IMA response (April 2004)

Survey of Fund managers' engagement with companies - March 2004

CP 04/01* - Fund of Funds
- IMA Response (March 2004)

DTI Consultation on "Director and Auditor Liability"
-  IMA Response (March 2004)

Belgian taxation of foreign investment funds
 IMA Letter to Belgian Ministry of Finance (March 2004)

The new Capital Adequacy Directive, CAD3: The transportation of the new Basel Accord into EU legislation
-  IMA Response (March 2004)


CESR's Concept Paper on Transaction Reporting, Cooperation and Exchange of Information Between Competent Authorities Under the ISD2
-  IMA Response (March 2004)

CP 209: Financial Services Compensation Scheme management expenses levy limit and other funding 2004/2005
-  IMA Response  (February 2004)
 
CP 208: Funding the Financial Ombudsman Service 2004/2005
-  IMA Response  (February 2004)
 
CP 204: Financial Groups
-  IMA Letter  (February 2004)
-  IMA Response  (February 2004)

Discussion Paper 25: Development of Transaction Monitoring Systems
-  IMA Response  (February 2004)


CESR's Call for Evidence on the ISD Mandates
 IMA Response (February 2004)  

Towards a Strategy for Financial Capability
-  IMA Response (January 2004)

Written evidence to the Treasury select committee inquiry into "Restoring confidence in long-term savings"
-  IMA Submission (January 2004) 

Budget 2004
- Letter to Chancellor

Pre-Budget representations 2004

A Review of the Impediments to voting UK shares - this report makes recommendations to the Department for Trade and Industry, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Financial Reporting Council.
- Report (January 2004)

CP 203: Review of Listing Regime
- IMA Response  (January 2004)

CP 205: Conflicts of Interest:  Investment Research and Issues of Securities
- IMA Response  (January 2004)

Discussion Paper 22: Know your customer and anti-money laundering monitoring
-  IMA Response  (January 2004)