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 The number of EU banks that have been involved in significant money laundering cases prompted a particular effort to strengthen the EU AML framework. Consequently, the Commission adopted notably in May 2020 in the context of the reinforcement of the Banking Union, an action plan for a comprehensive policy to prevent money laundering and … Continued
Objectives On 2020, the Commission proposed a Banking Package to facilitate bank lending to households and businesses throughout the EU. The European Commission also announced a “Coronavirus response: Making capital markets work for Europe’s recovery” initiative encompassing a package of measures amending the Securitisation Regulation and the Capital Requirements Regulation. In particular, the Commission proposed … Continued
Objective The payment area in the EU is evolving fast in the context of ever evolving communication and distributed ledger technologies and development of notably BigTechs and social networks. The data invasive economy is further accelerated by AI and cloud computing. These evolutions are accompanied with new types of (cyber) risks. One should in addition … Continued
Objectives The objective of this session is to discuss the major financial risks at the EU level in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The panel will assess the risks posed by the very high levels of public and corporate indebtedness in many Member States, the financial vulnerabilities raised by lasting very low interest rates … Continued
Objectives This session will first discuss the current trends of equity funding and investment in the EU, the implications of the Covid crisis and Brexit for EU equity markets and the supply and demand factors for further developing EU equity markets. The panel will also assess whether the new CMU action plan together with the … Continued
Objectives The session is dedicated to developing and clarify the stakes and action plans of certain IAIS overarching priorities for the coming years, which are: Risk assessment and the maintenance of financial stability, including ongoing assessment of potential vulnerabilities arising from the impact of Covid-19. Delivering on key post-crisis reforms, including further refinement of the … Continued
