EFAMA’s new brochure emphasizes the benefits of investing early
EFAMA’s new brochure emphasizes the benefits of investing early
Today’s communication of the European Commission, “Savings and Investments Union – a Strategy to Foster Citizens Wealth and Economic Competitiveness in the EU” is a major step towards finally developing deeper, more integrated capital markets that the European Union absolutely needs. Achieving the goals of the SIU will help improve citizens’ financial well-being, meet the financing needs of EU companies and improve their competitiveness.
Interactive session to showcase EFAMA’s new tool and support members in complying with the EU AI Act
EFAMA is pleased to invite its members to a dedicated Q&A session introducing the AI System Assessment Tool, taking place on Tuesday 18 March, from 16:00 to 16:45 CET.
This article was first published in Funds Europe on 6 March 2025.
Renewed efforts must be made to encourage citizens to invest, writes Tanguy van de Werve, EFAMA director general. This includes collaboration to radically simplify the Retail Investment Strategy.
EFAMA has today published its European Quarterly Statistical Release for the fourth quarter of 2024, together with an overview of the full year 2024.
While cognisant of the FSB’s strict timelines in view of upcoming G20 summits, these should not come at the expense of a necessary and more informed debate on the causes at the root of last year’s stresses in global short-term funding markets (STFMs) and on ways to remedy these in the future. In fact, the options presented in the consultation report appear hurried and dismissive of critical facts, calling therefore for a deeper engagement with the global financial and investing community at large.
EFAMA welcomes IOSCO's enhanced attention to transparency efforts supporting informed and qualified investment decisions in sustainability-related products. We support the adoption of such recommendations at the international level and believe IOSCO should leverage the experience with SFDR and Taxonomy in Europe to help establish consistent international standards, definitions and best practices.
In this response, we would like to highlight three pressing challenges deserving greater attention in the report from asset managers' perspective.
EFAMA wholeheartedly supports a retail investment strategy that gives EU citizens the necessary tools and the confidence to put their savings to work by investing in capital markets.
On 14 July 2021, sixteen trade associations, representing buy-side, sell-side and market infrastructures, wrote to ESMA and the European Commission regarding the timeline for implementation of the mandatory buy-in rules as part of the CSDR Settlement Discipline Regime.
The Joint Associations welcome the Report from the Commission on the CSDR Review published in July 2021 and fully support the Commission’s intention to consider amendments to the mandatory buy-in regime, subject to an impact assessment.
Well-functioning and liquid capital markets are fostered by an efficient market structure and supporting legislative frameworks. A diverse and efficient market structure reduces the costs of trading whilst promoting best execution. This optimises funding opportunities for issuers and maximises returns for investors and savers.
EFAMA reacted to the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy published by the European Commission today.

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