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.

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EFAMA’s reply to ESMA’s Discussion paper on draft RTS and ITS under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation

Capital Markets

EMIR

SFTR

Management Companies

Financial stability

25 April 2016

EFAMA’s reply to ESMA’s Discussion paper on draft RTS and ITS under the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation

EFAMA is grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the drafting of the Regulation through a consultation and we appreciate the effort of the regulator to adopt an approach to reporting consistent with EMIR and to develop, where more efficient, a different reporting logic.

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Investors and issuers unite to support simple, transparent & standardised securitisation

Capital Markets

03 March 2016

Investors and issuers unite to support simple, transparent & standardised securitisation

The signatories share the following views:

• Securitisation is an important element of well-functioning financial markets. Prudently deployed and sensibly regulated, it can:

o act as a bridge between the banks’ financing and the capital markets;

o enable non-banks to diversify funding sources; and

o provide investors with high quality fixed income securities at attractive yields.

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

Press Release

Capital Markets

Retail Investment

27 March 2025

Providing access to ISAs is key for turning European savers into investors

EFAMA emphasizes the importance of a bottom-up approach

Press Release

Beaucoup de vertes et jaunes délicates belles tulipes non ouvertes dans une serre sur fond d’équipement de serre

Capital Markets

Data

04 February 2025

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

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Capital Markets

Benchmarks

Data

International agenda

09 June 2021

Global Memo: Benchmark Data Costs

A key purpose of the financial system is to allocate capital and risk in a manner that supports sustainable economic development and growth, including through the provision of financing, investment and hedging products. Financial benchmarks/indices are fundamental to the functioning of financial markets and are widely used in both retail and wholesale markets. In particular, benchmarks are a valuable tool helping market participants to set prices, measure performances, or work out amounts payable under financial contracts or instruments.

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Capital Markets

CSDR

05 March 2021

3 questions to Agathi Pafili on CSDR

Q #1 What is the CSDR’s Settlement Discipline Regime (SDR) and what does it seek to achieve?

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Capital Markets

Data

EU Fund regulation

Management Companies

AIFMD

Tax ＆ Accounting

26 November 2020

Asset Management in Europe - An Overview of the Asset Management Industry - November 2020

The report aims to provide a unique and comprehensive set of facts and figures on the state of the industry at the end of 2018 but also to highlight the fundamental role of asset managers in the financial system and wider economy.