Capital Markets Union
Building a Capital Markets Union (CMU) serving the needs of European citizens and businesses is as ambitious as it is essential: the effort will enable pensioners and savers to share in the upside of Europe’s economic recovery. In the process, European capital markets also become more efficient and better integrated. This long-term vision is key to financing European innovation and to supporting the transition towards a more sustainable economy.
Increasing retail investors’ participation in capital markets is an essential component for building an effective CMU. Improving access to financial and non-financial information and addressing the high data costs our industry is encountering, are also important steps towards a functioning CMU. All this, while maintaining and improving the attractiveness of the European investment management sector in today's global environment.
EFAMA prepared a list of key actions that are required to reach the CMU objectives from an investor perspective. We have also developed a specific Key Performance Indicator to measure year-on-year progress towards increasing retail participation in capital markets in each member state.
The PEPP - Engaging the young generation of European savers
EFAMA Response to EC Consultation: Capital Markets Union mid-term review 2017
• EFAMA reiterates the European asset management industry’s strong support for the CMU project in all its dimensions. We welcome the range of initiatives, from the overarching aim of rebuilding confidence in financial markets by putting investors’ interests at the heart of the project, to the promotion of market-based financing of the economy, the development of a PEPP or the development of a comprehensive strategy on sustainable finance.
Review of EU Macro-Prudential Policy Framework - EFAMA response to EC Consultation
EFAMA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s consultation envisaging the review of the EU macro-prudential policy framework. The consultation paper emphasises the review of the existing prudential framework built around the systemic nature of credit institutions and at the cornerstone of which lies the CRD/CRR, accompanied by the ESRB Regulation and the foundation of a Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) for a Banking Union, in turn revolving around the ECB.
Households continue to keep a disproportionate amount of money in bank deposits in most European countries
New report calls for action to be taken to revive the Capital Markets Union project
Household Participation in Capital Markets
This report analyses the progress made in recent years by European households in allocating more of their financial wealth to capital market instruments (pension plans, life insurance, investment funds, debt securities and listed shares) and less in cash and bank deposits. It also includes policy recommendations on improving retail participation in capital markets, including for the Retail Investment Strategy currently under discussion.
Some key findings include:
Policymakers threaten to backtrack on pre-trade data for EU consolidated tape
European asset managers continue to urge policymakers to support the European Parliament’s proposal for an Equities/ETFs consolidated tape which includes 5 layers of real-time pre-trade data. Market participants, including the European buy and sell-sides have consistently maintained that a post-trade only equities/ETFs consolidated tape will not meet with the market demand required to make the tape commercially viable. Tanguy van de Werve, Director General of EFAMA, stated: “This would be a legislative se
Ownership of Investment Funds in Europe
The report provides a wealth of facts and figures on the evolution of holdings of financial assets and investment funds among European investors in recent years. It aims to answer three main questions:
Asset Management Report 2018
Annual Report 2016
