Speakers
Public Authoritiess
Mariana Kühnel
Executive Director - Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA)
Michael J. McGrath
Assistant Secretary, Financial Services Division - Department of Finance, Ireland
Panayiota Karamanou
Director General Financial Stability and Resolution - Central Bank of Cyprus
Sébastien Raspiller
Secretary General - Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
Industry Representativess
Carla Sload
Head of Ireland and Head of European Product Delivery - Fidelity International
Chloe Barz
Senior Director of International Government and External Affairs - Robinhood
Julia Kolbe
Head of Capital Markets Policy & UK, Government & Public Affairs - Deutsche Bank AG
Objectives
Objectives
This session will assess trends in retail investment and examine how the SIU proposals, particularly those related to financial literacy and savings and investment accounts, together with the Retail Investment Strategy (RIS) and market-driven digitalisation developments, may contribute to increasing retail participation in European capital markets and whether additional measures are needed.
Points of discussion
- Empowering retail investors
How is retail participation in capital markets evolving across the EU and what key trends are shaping this evolution? What impact can be expected from the Retail Investment Strategy and the Financial Literacy Strategy in empowering retail savers to invest in capital markets? What are the key conditions for their successful implementation? Do important challenges or gaps remain to be addressed? - Encouraging and facilitating retail investment
What impact could recent policy initiatives, notably the proposed development of savings and investment accounts, product labels and the Market Integration Package (MIP) – have on encouraging and facilitating retail participation in capital markets? What further action could be taken at EU level to support retail participation? How can market-driven developments, particularly digital platforms, complement these initiatives?