Eurofi is a European think tank dedicated to financial services, with the aim of helping to build a fluid, efficient and secure EU Single Capital Market.

Eurofi addresses prospective regulatory or industry driven subjects, as well as contentious issues which are currently debated at EU level or are of particular interest to EU industry players.

Eurofi acts as a catalyst for the market and as a neutral go-between between industry players and EU Institutions. This not for profit organization brings together financial institutions of different sizes and statutes.

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Eurofi brings together financial institutions of different sizes and statutes: domestic and cross-border banks and insurance companies with different legal statutes, broker dealers, asset managers, market infrastructures... The members of Eurofi are companies based in the main EU countries as well as well as subsidiaries of US firms. Eurofi works with all the representative stakeholders involved in a given subject to help them solve issues or identify new ideas and interact with EU political decision makers and legislators.

Financial cross-border supervision, the Solvency II Directive, the review of the UCITS Directive and the new Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive, Accounting and Prudential rules to favour long term investment for example are major areas of focus of the work of Eurofi. The proposals made by Eurofi are presented to the main leaders of the EU authorities and discussed at the occasion of the Financial Forums organized by Eurofi"

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The EUROFI Financial Forum 2009

29 september - 1 october 2009 Göteborg Sweden

An event organised in association with the Swedish EU Presidency

Identifying and discussing key initiatives for restoring confidence, preventing future crisis and improving the security and efficiency of financial services in Europe…

This international symposium is taking place in Götborg ahead of the Eurogroup and the informal ECOFIN Council meetings…

100 distinguished speakers gathered by Jacques de Larosière among which Andres Borg, Sharon Bowles, Jaime Caruana, Alexander Lamfalussy, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Pedro Solbès, Jean-Claude Trichet, David Tweedie, Paul Volcker, etc. offer an unique opportunity to industry and political decision-makers to clarify the main regulatory measures and the changes required.

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EUROFI PRIORITIES FOR THE EUROPEAN AUTHORITIES

2009.09.29

EUROFI PRIORITIES FOR THE EUROPEAN AUTHORITIES - CONTRIBUTIONS FROM KEY DECISION MAKERS
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The de Larosière regulation and supervision package
Improving Financial Governance
Exiting from the current crisis and improving crisis management
What priorities for the Swedish EU presidency in financial sector and what conditions of success?
How can Long-Term Investment and Accounting foster financial stability?
How should the business models of financial institutions evolve following the crisis?

LONG TERM INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL STABILITY IN THE EU - A EUROFI WORKING GROUP INTERIM REPORT
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LESSONS FROM THE MADOFF FRAUD AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS FOR RISKS MANAGEMENT IN THE INVESTMENT FUNDS INDUSTRY
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Non harmonized investment funds and hedge funds what regulation and supervision at EU level
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WHAT CHANGES FOR EUROPEAN SECURITIES INFRASTRUCTURES IN LIGHT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
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KEY IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR SEPA ACHIEVEMENT
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IMPLEMENTATION OF SOLVENCY II
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Contribution to the de Larosière's Group

2009.05.24

Preventing future crises requires in particular:

Enabling the identification and preventative treatment of systemic risks for financial players or activities,
Improving the coordination of supervision for cross-border financial groups
Ensuring more transparent operations on the markets,
Clarifying responsibilities of investment fund players
Factoring in the accounting and prudential requirements of long-term investment.

These are the objectives on which Eurofi has focused its proposals.