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 With all the main legislative initiatives under the SIU Strategy now on the table and following the Council’s March 2026 call for accelerated progress on the SIU by the end of this year and the priorities set out in the One Europe, One Market roadmap, this session will assess whether the current SIU Strategy … Continued
Objectives The session will first assess the role that euro-denominated stablecoins could play in Europe's future tokenised financial ecosystem and how Europe can develop a competitive euro-denominated settlement layer while avoiding dependence on USD stablecoin infrastructures. Participants will examine how euro stablecoins should coexist with wholesale central bank money and tokenised bank deposits, and identify … Continued
Objectives This session will assess whether the trading-related measures proposed under MISP can help deliver more integrated, competitive and attractive EU securities trading markets, identify which measures are likely to have the strongest impact, and discuss whether further policy measures may be needed beyond MISP and the MiFIR review to enhance the integration and competitiveness … Continued
Objectives As long as the Banking Union remains incomplete and its institutional framework is not sufficient to ensure its effectiveness, progress towards a simpler regulatory framework, a more competitive European banking sector and a more integrated banking market is likely to remain constrained. The central question is therefore no longer whether these reforms should be … Continued
Objectives This session will assess how DLT, tokenisation and AI are expected to transform post-trading activities, the progress and practical benefits achieved so far, the conditions for their large-scale deployment, whether the current EU regulatory framework and related policy initiatives are sufficient or whether further measures are needed to support their scaling, and how the … Continued
Objectives As the MISP package moves towards the final phase of negotiation, this session will examine the main pending issues regarding the proposals to strengthen capital-market supervision and simplify regulation, and the clarifications needed to make them effective, workable and consistently implemented. Points of discussion Supervision of significant trading venues and post-trading infrastructures What remains … Continued
Objectives The session aims at testing the adequacy of the current EU securitisation reforms to deliver a genuine market revival, focusing on capital, due‑diligence and disclosure changes and their impact on bank economics and investor demand. It will also contribute to clarify securitisation’s role alongside covered bonds and private credit within the Savings and Investments … Continued
