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.
Objectives The first objective of this session is to discuss the state of EU capital markets in terms of fragmentation, the impact of market fragmentation on issuers and investors and its implications for the SIU, and whether significant improvements can be expected from the CMU action plans and the MiFIR review adopted during the previous … Continued
Objectives This session will first assess whether banks in Europe are resilient enough to cope with geopolitical risks. The discussion will then examine the regulatory and supervisory priorities for EU banks in the context of the Savings and Investment Union. Finally, speakers will be invited to share their views on the challenges and issues raised … Continued
Objectives The objective of this exchange of views is to identify the policy priorities for addressing the profitability gap of European banks, in an international environment where (i) there is an unlevel playing field for the implementation of Basel regulations, (ii) where interest rates are structurally lower than in the United States, (iii) in a … Continued
Objectives The first objective of this session is to discuss the next steps in the implementation of T+1 settlement for EU securities and the main conditions for a successful transition to T+1, following the European Commission’s recommendation of February 2025 and taking into account the lessons learned from the US market and the assessments made … Continued
Objectives The EU sustainability reporting framework consists of the SFDR (Sustainable Financial Disclosures Regulation), the Taxonomy Regulation, the CSRD (Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive), the ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards) and the CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive). Many voices from business and politics have called for a simplification of this framework, which has been criticised for … Continued
Objectives This session will first explore the latest trends in AI adoption in the capital markets sector, the current impact of AI and whether a transformation of capital markets activities can be expected in the medium term with increased AI adoption and new generations of AI.Secondly, the panel will analyse the potential challenges to AI … Continued
Objectives Despite unprecedented efforts and investments, in recent months, energy transition policy trends in the US and Europe have been disappointing, with the exception of the growth of renewables, which are now an important source of energy in many countries: political support in the EU has declined and may even be reversed as a consequence … Continued
Objectives In the face of global trade and economic challenges, innovation is more important than ever; insufficient investment in innovation threatens to undermine the prosperity of the European Union, while its competitive gap with the United States in particular continues to widen.The competitiveness compass for the EU underlines that “the route to reviving growth is … Continued
