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 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
Context and objectives of the session The European insurance regulatory framework, Solvency II, is under review as it coincides with the need for significant financing in the transition to low-carbon and digital economies. Policymakers aim to reduce volatility in the framework and allow insurers to invest in the economy without jeopardizing financial stability. Globally, the … Continued
Objectives This session will take stock of the elements of the Consolidated Tape (CT) proposal on which there is an agreement and identify the main issues that remain to be further clarified in the context of the on-going trilogue negotiations and how they may be addressed. The panel will also discuss the conditions for a … Continued
