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 In the context of new EU legislation and supervision, achieving an effective breakthrough in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requires gathering key success factors across various areas. A central pillar of success lies in the set-up of the AML Authority (AMLA) which raises many challenges. AMLA must efficiently identify high-risk institutions and entities, cover the entire … Continued
Objectives This session will first take stock of the challenges that public and private pension schemes are facing in the EU and of the connection between effective pre-funded pension schemes and large capital markets and identify the issues to tackle on the supply and demand sides to further develop pre-funded pensions. The panel will also … Continued
Objectives In the context of climate and environmental risks in the banking sector, the consensus is that climate change is the most pressing challenge today. It presents global concerns, requiring international cooperation for ambitious mitigation goals. The banking sector faces physical and transition risks that could impact financial stability. Regulators play a crucial role in … Continued
Objectives The eurozone has been experiencing a structural growth shortfall relative to the United States and China since the mid-1990s due to structural weaknesses. The Eurofi Economic Scoreboard reminds us that GDP in volume grew by 66.2% from 1998 to 2022 in the US and by only 39.7% in the euro area, according the IMF … Continued
Objectives of the roundtable The eurozone has been experiencing a structural growth shortfall relative to the United States and China since the mid-1990s due to structural weaknesses. The Eurofi Economic Scoreboard reminds us that GDP in volume grew by 66.2% from 1998 to 2022 in the US and by only 39.7% in the euro area, … Continued
Objectives of the roundtable 10 years after the creation of the Banking Union and 7 years after the launch of the first CMU initiative, European banking and capital markets remain fragmented within the EU. On 19 January 2021, the Commission issued a communication which sets out how the EU can reinforce its open strategic autonomy … Continued
