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What priorities to foster investment in the EU given high indebtedness and lasting low interest rate

EU consolidated tape and Single Access Point: ​what benefits, feasibility and way forward?

Objectives This session will first discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of a European post-trade consolidated tape for the development of EU securities markets and whether the guidance provided by ESMA provides an appropriate way forward for its implementation. The panel will also evaluate the potential impact for investors and issuers that … Continued

Crypto-assets and stablecoins: prospects and way forward

Objectives Distributed ledger technologies are transforming financial markets, as for both the development of financial products and underlying market infrastructures. Indeed, they promise further automation and disintermediation, increased transparency and reliability as well as potentially improved liquidity and tradability of these assets.  Similarly, the digitalisation of the economy and the subsequent increasing share of cross … Continued

Solvency II review:​ key issues

Objectives Solvency II has been applied since 1 January 2016. It was intended to promote comparability, transparency and competitiveness by providing an accurate individual risk profile for each insurance company. However, EU insurance undertakings have been retreating from investments in long-term projects and companies although life insurance companies in particular, are natural long-term investors. Therefore, … Continued

EU securities post-trading: priorities ahead

Objectives This session will first discuss the level of efficiency and integration that has been achieved in the EU securities post-trading space so far following the implementation of EU securities regulations and T2S, the progress that can be expected from the on-going reviews of EU securities policies (CSDR, SFD, FCD) and from Eurosystem initiatives and … Continued