Federica Miano

Federica Miano, Public Affairs Manager, is gearing up for a crucial period of championing INREV member interests  in Brussels.

‘The timing for me is perfect,’ says Federica Miano, Public Affairs Manager, of the fact that she has been wi INREV for a year, and the body is now coming up to a crucial period in terms of its relationship with European policy makers.

Federica previously worked for the private equity industry before coming to INREV, where she worked alongside the Public Affairs team to develop communication strategies for them.

Federica, from Catania in Italy, describes her job as to be ‘a link between the members and Brussels’
in terms of the European regulatory activities that are relevant to fund managers.  This is both in terms of updating members on new developments, and also Federica, from Catania in Italy, describes her job as to be ‘a link between the members and Brussels’ in terms of the European regulatory activities that are relevant to fund managers. 

This is both in terms of updating members on new developments, and also This has involved working on legislation including the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, Solvency II Directive and European Market Infrastructure Regulation, among others.

INREV first opened an office in Brussels in April 2012… before this the non-listed real estate sector was really unknown to policy makers.

Federica praises the work done by INREV before her arrival in May 2014 in putting the views of its members on the agenda in Brussels when previously these views had not been a major concern. ‘INREV first opened an office in Brussels in April 2012  at a time when a lot of very important legislation was being passed, which was crucial as before this non-listed real estate sector was really unknown to policy makers’, she says.

She adds that a crucial period is again approaching, as much of this legislation is now up for review. These legislations are reviewed five years after the date of entry into force,’ she says, ‘so EMIR is being reviewed in 2016, AIFMD is expected to be reviewed in 2017, and Solvency II in 2018. We are looking to put forward the views of our members on how this legislation is affecting them ahead of the public consultations that will be happening in 2016, 2017 and 2018.’

In that sense, she looks forward to hearing from  as many members as possible, and continuing to push for their interests at the heart of the EU regulatory system.

Federica Miano federica.miano@inrev.org