Capital markets
Investment managers, acting on behalf of their retail and institutional clients, are among the largest investors in financial markets. They represent a key component of the market’s “buy-side” segment.
In representing the interests of its members on wholesale capital market issues, EFAMA advocates for fair, deep, liquid, and transparent capital markets, supported by properly regulated and supervised market infrastructure.
EFAMA's reply to ESMA's CP on PTRR services with regards to the clearing obligation
EFAMA’s reply to ESMA’s consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards under the benchmarks regulation
EFAMA's response to the EU Commission's consultation on the review of the MiFID II / MiFIR Regulatory Framework
First industry-led conference discusses concrete policy actions to turn Europe into a global hub for digital assets
Yesterday, EFAMA hosted asset management firms from across Europe to discuss how tokenisation is reshaping the industry at the Redefining assets: tokenisation and the future of investment
Providing access to ISAs is key for turning European savers into investors
EFAMA emphasizes the importance of a bottom-up approach
European Stock Exchanges' Over-Reliance on Equity Market Data Revenues: Stifling Growth and Innovation
Rising data fees to offset declining trading revenue burden market participants with surging costs
Advancing EU capital markets: Prioritising key targets for the Savings and Investments Union
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:
Buy-side use-cases for a real-time consolidated tape
A real-time consolidated tape, provided it is made available at a reasonable cost, will bring many benefits to European capital markets. A complete and consistent view of market-wide prices and trading volumes is necessary for any market, though this is especially true for the EU where trading is fragmented across a large number of trading venues. A real-time consolidated tape should cover equities and bonds, delivering data in ‘as close to real-time as technically possible’ after receipt of the data from the different trade venues.
Navigating the MiFIR Review: (Part 2) Consolidated Tape & Market Data
