Competitiveness
To remain competitive and at the forefront of innovation, Europe must be open to cross-border flows of knowledge, ideas, capital and investment. The benefit in doing so ultimately accrues to European citizens and businesses.
Europe rightly strives for high regulatory standards. That said, EFAMA strongly believes our rules need to be well calibrated, so Europe can partake in global competition on a level playing field. Our policy work consistently advocates for a dynamic regulatory environment, which enables European financial markets to remain globally competitive.
Policy Recommendations for the Next European Commission
EFAMA position paper on the Market Integration and Supervision Package
The key is to grow pension assets across the EU
This article was published in Börsen-Zeitung on 15 September 2026.
Tanguy van de Werve, Director General at the European Fund and Asset Management Association, discusses new legislation working its way through Brussels – and why he views pension reform as the real key to providing the capital needed for economic growth.
European Commission’s ambitious market integration package addresses many barriers to the Savings & Investment Union
EFAMA supports the majority of measures but warns against new ESMA supervisory reviews for large asset managers
Asset Management Report 2019
The EFAMA Asset Management in Europe report aims at providing facts and figures to gain a better understanding of the role of the European asset management industry. It takes a different approach from that of the other EFAMA research reports, on two grounds. Firstly, this report does not focus exclusively on investment funds, but it also analyses the assets that are managed by asset managers under the form of discretionary mandates. Secondly, the report focuses on the countries where the investment fund assets are managed rather than on the countries in which the funds are domiciled.
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
