Eurofi organizes two major annual events ahead of the informal Ecofin meetings, bringing together over 900 public and private sector representatives to discuss financial regulation, macroeconomic trends, and industry developments.
Current Topics
Content on the key topics currently being addressed by Eurofi: policy notes, summaries of working sessions and insights from public and private sector representatives.
Economic and stability challenges
Digitalisation and technology
Capital market regulation
Banking and insurance regulation
Sustainability challenges
Payments and AML
Objectives The session is devoted to clarifying what has been the main objective of regulation to date in improving the sustainability of economies and why the need to focus more on the transition to sustainability has emerged. It will also highlight the main challenges facing the financial sector in particular in achieving an effective transition. … Continued
Objectives This session will first assess the opportunities associated with data-driven innovation in the financial sector enabled by open finance and the use of AI and the conditions for maximizing the value of data in the financial services sector. The panel will then discuss whether the FiDA proposal and the EU AI and data frameworks … Continued
Objectives Drawing on the experiences of the EU and the US in bridging the gaps in climate risk insurance, this session aims to delve deeper into the key challenges associated with climate change insurance, explore the concept of economic resilience associated with addressing these risks, and highlight the imperatives and associated tools required to overcome … Continued
Objectives This session will first explore the latest trends in terms of AI and cloud adoption in the financial services sector, the opportunities and challenges for the financial sector associated with the use of these technologies and the implementation challenges they are facing. The panel will then analyse how current and upcoming digital and financial … Continued
Objectives The session is dedicated to clarifying the main weaknesses of the sustainability framework notably regarding its complexity and cost as raised by various stakeholders. In a clarified context the session will then focus on outlining what would be the possible levers to address these weaknesses and improve the general acceptability and by in of … Continued
Objectives This session aims to discuss progress and challenges in the regulation of cryptoassets both at EU and global level, as well as emerging trends in the crypto market that need to be considered from a policy perspective. The session will first take stock of the introduction of EU measures on asset-referenced and e-money tokens … Continued
Objectives The SFDR (Sustainable finance disclosure regulation) started to be implemented in March 2021. The implementation of SFDR has raised some controversies and criticisms. In particular its 8 and 9 articles have been used like labels by financial investors, but the lack of clarity of these articles has backfired. The European Commission launched a consultation … Continued
Objectives This session will first take stock of the short and longer term impact of new technologies in the financial sector and the opportunities and challenges they present. The panel will also assess the relevance of existing sectoral and horizontal digital frameworks in supporting an effective digitalisation of financial services and identify key policy priorities … Continued
