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Retail participation: are the SIU proposals sufficient?

Retail participation: are the SIU proposals sufficient?

Wednesday 16 September

Location :

ROOM 2

Speakers

Public Authoritiess
Regina Doherty
MEP & Vice-Chair, Tax Matters Sub-Committee - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Jos Heuvelman
Member of the Executive Board - Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
Colm Kincaid
Deputy Governor, Consumer and Investor Protection - Central Bank of Ireland
Mariana Kühnel
Executive Director - Austrian Financial Market Authority
Industry Representatives
Jonathan Cleborne
Chief Executive Officer, Vanguard Europe - Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd
Experts
Sergiu Cristian Manea
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of Management Board - Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR)
Michael Tae
Co-President, Investor Communication Solutions - Boadridge

Session overview

This session will examine the expected impact of the main retail-focused SIU measures – the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS), the Savings and Investment Accounts (SIA) blueprint and the EU Financial Literacy Strategy – on retail participation in capital markets, the main issues still to be addressed and the conditions for their effective implementation, and whether the framework can adapt to evolving retail investment models and distribution channels.

Points of discussion

1. Design and implementation of current SIU retail initiatives

Do the Retail Investment Strategy, the Savings and Investment Accounts blueprint and the Financial Literacy Strategy provide an appropriate framework for empowering retail investors and encouraging greater retail participation in EU capital markets? What are the main issues still to be addressed, and what conditions are required for their effective and consistent implementation at EU and Member State level?

2.Expected impact and remaining gaps

Are the current SIU retail-investor initiatives, taken together, sufficient to achieve a meaningful increase in retail participation in EU capital markets and help mobilise more household savings into suitable long-term investment? What barriers may remain, and are additional measures needed at EU or Member State level? Is the framework sufficiently adaptable to evolving retail investment models and changing distribution and intermediation channels?