Taxation & Accounting
EFAMA discusses all relevant tax topics with importance to the European asset management industry, such as Tax transparency packages or EU FTT, OECD topics including several actions inserted in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, and all kinds of national developments in case they have an impact on regulated EU investment funds. The focus lays on mainstream funds but we may discuss alternative investment fund tax-related issues, if they are of broad relevance.
EFAMA comments on DAC6 - administrative cooperation in direct taxation
EFAMA’s comments on IASB’s Discussion Paper regarding Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity
The Tax Omnibus must include retail funds in withholding tax relief
Member States should incentivise household investment in regulated funds, not penalise it
Europe Cannot Prosper Under The Weight Of Unnecessary Complexity
Today, EFAMA and 22 other European business, financial and professional associations published a joint statement warning that “Europe cannot prosper under the weight of unnecessary complexity”. The statement calls on Member States to agree on the Commission’s Tax Simplification Package without losing its ambition in the negotiations. It argues that Europe’s competitiveness and its ability to create good jobs depend on cutting unnecessary costs and removing barriers to cross-border investment.
Can Member States turn the needle in EU tax policy?
This article was published in EFAMA's Fact Book 2026.
Omnibus on taxation and a Savings and Investment Union for all
Asset Management in Europe - An Overview of the Asset Management Industry - November 2020
The report aims to provide a unique and comprehensive set of facts and figures on the state of the industry at the end of 2018 but also to highlight the fundamental role of asset managers in the financial system and wider economy.
Household Participation in Capital Markets - Country Statistical Profiles
3 questions to Sheila Nicoll and Alexander Schindler on the Capital Markets Union High Level Forum
Q #1 What is the difference of the High-Level Forum report to previous initiatives on the Capital Markets Union? What is different this time around?
