Retail Investment Strategy: are the proposals ambitious enough to attract investors? (conflicts of interest, value for money, distribution, education…)

Objectives This session will assess whether the proposals of the Retail Investment Package address the main priorities for developing retail investment, evaluate the potential impacts of the measures proposed and identify possible shortcomings or gaps that remain to be tackled. The discussion will mainly be organized around the proposals in terms of (i) Value for … Continued

Context and objectives of the session The Digital Euro has sparked considerable interest and posed significant questions within the European Union’s (EU) payment landscape. Key concerns encompass financial intermediaries, inclusion, financial stability, anti-money laundering (AML), and data privacy. One critical issue is the role of financial intermediaries in the Digital Euro ecosystem. The Eurosystem envisions … Continued

Objectives This session will first discuss whether the FIDA (Financial Data Access ) proposal is likely to facilitate a development of open finance services in Europe, the related opportunities for financial institutions and consumers and the expected impacts at market level in terms of competitiveness and access to finance. The panel will also discuss whether … Continued

Background and objectives of the session The International Sustainability Standard Board (ISSB) released its first two reporting standards in June, focusing on climate change. These standards are currently have just been endoorsed by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). In July the European Commission published the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) after a public … Continued

Objectives of the roundtable The objective of this session is to assess the reasons why the pace of investments made for the ecological transition in the countries of the Union is insufficient with regard to the needs identified by the European Union and the Member States despite Europe’s regulatory and financing commitments to the climate … Continued

Objectives This session focusing on the measures needed to foster more growth in EU capital markets, will discuss whether the combined set of measures proposed in the CMU action plans is sufficient to stimulate significant growth of capital markets in the EU, what are the priorities in this regard and what further measures may be … Continued

Objectives The objective of this session is to discuss key proposals of the EMIR 3 review aiming to strengthen EU clearing and identify further issues that may need to be addressed in the EU clearing space in future policy work. The first round of discussion will focus on the active account requirements proposed and the … Continued