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.
EFAMA supports every efforts made to enhance financial markets regulation which reinforces the stability and the transparency of the financial system.
In that perspective, EFAMA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the ESMA consultation paper on the Draft RTS and ITS under SFTR and amendments to related EMIR RTS.
Prior to replying to the consultation, we wish to make the following general remarks
EFAMA, welcomes the opportunity to comment on the ESMA Discussion Paper (“DP”) on the trading obligation for derivatives under MiFIR.
As a principle, EFAMA supports every effort made to enhance financial market regulation which reinforces the stability of the financial system, of which MiFIR is an important part.
Prior to replying to the consultation, we wish to make the following general remarks.
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.
EFAMA welcomes the opportunity to provide its comments on the Good Practices to be adopted by IOSCO for the Termination of Investment Funds. We agree that the decision to terminate a fund can have significant impact on investors in terms of the costs associated with such an action, or the ability for investors to redeem their holdings during the termination process. In this regard, even in the context of a fund’s voluntary termination, asset managers must abide by their fiduciary obligation to act in the best interest of their investors.
Better Finance and EFAMA have always been strong supporters of the “PRIIPs1 ” Key Information Document (“KID”), seeing it as a powerful instrument for retail investors to enable sound investment choices by allowing easier comparisons within a wide range of investment products. In order for this to happen, the rules defining the detailed contents of the PRIIPs KID must be correctly calibrated so that investors are given meaningful, comprehensible and comparable information.
Investors, originators issuers and other market participants represented by the above signatories are committed to supporting a safe and sustainable securitisation market that serves the real economy in Europe.

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