Speech by Mairead McGuinness

Objectives This session will first discuss the current trends regarding retail investment in the EU, how retail investment may contribute to the CMU and the post-Covid recovery and the main obstacles and challenges to the further development of retail investment across the Union.  The panel will also assess whether the new CMU action plan, together … Continued

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Objectives The objective of this session is to discuss the key policy actions required to improve the competitiveness and the efficiency of the EU banking sector and accelerate its digital transformation. More specifically, this panel will identify the expected benefits and related challenges from cost cuts, domestic consolidation and cross-border mergers and acquisitions for addressing … Continued

Objectives This session will discuss whether the new CMU action plan published by the Commission in September 2020 is the right way forward for achieving significant integration of capital markets in the EU. The panel will also assess the key success factors required for CMU, as well as the new opportunities and challenges created by … Continued

Objectives This session will focus on the on-going reviews of the AIFMD and ELTIF legislations, mainly from a CMU perspective. The discussion will center on the main priorities for enhancing the effectiveness of these legislations and their capacity to channel funding to the EU economy and provide appropriate investment opportunities, taking into account the proposals … Continued

Objectives The objective of this session is to discuss to what extent this EU fiscal deal will address the economic priorities resulting from the pandemic and the weaknesses of the Monetary Union amplified by the Covid-19 crisis and the ways to tackle the major threats to the effectiveness of this EU package. Points of discussion … Continued