Shedding Light on Non-Financial Risks – a European Survey

Shedding Light on Non-Financial Risks – a European Survey — January 2012

Executive Summary

Transparency, Information and Governance are the Industry’s Top Priorities Table 3 shows that when it comes to the relative importance of themes, there is a

slightly worried on the UCITS automatic notification procedure (31% think it will increase risks, 10% that they will decrease).

Table 3: Priority of topics for new regulation (in percent) The following table shows the percentage of respondents who picked each theme as their nth priority for new regulation. The synthetic index is computed for each theme as the sum over n of (1/ n ) times the percentage of people who chose that theme in the n th place.

Transparency, information & governance

Financial responsibility of the industry

Regulation on restitution

Regulation on distribution

Judicial powers to investors

Choice #1

61

20

11

7

1

Choice #2

16

40

14

21

9

Choice #3

14

19

20

27

19

Choice #4

6

18

29

21

25

Choice #5

3

3

25

24

45

Synthetic index (1/n weights)

75.4

51.6

37.5

36.2

27.6

Figure 3: How much do you agree with the following assertions regarding regulations on transparency, information and governance for non-financial-risks?

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