The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has adopted a recommendation to amend Article 22 of the statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the ECB. This amendment is intended to provide the ECB with a clear legal competence in...
Oliver Wyman and the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) announced this week a new report titled "Strengthening Europe's Position in Global Capital Markets" which sets out principles that can guide the development of European capital markets making them more liquid, transparent, and efficient. The...
On 15 June 2017, Finance Watch, the public interest advocacy association working to make finance serve society, submitted its response to the “European Commission’s public consultation on FinTech: a more competitive and innovative European financial sector”. Finance Watch recommends that the EU play an active role...
Mercredi 7 juin 2017, s’est tenue l’Assemblée Générale de l’ABMB. L’événement s’est déroulé pour la première fois à l’hôtel Le Châtelain à Bruxelles. Véritable lieu d’échange, l’Assemblée Générale a aussi été l’occasion de réunir les membres de l’association autour d’un débat consacré au rôle des sociétés...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) will hold a public hearing on 3 July 2017 at 14:00 UK time in London to update all relevant stakeholders on the progress made so far on the possibility of developing a new prudential regime for MiFID investment firms. In...
Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, Speech at the Pensions Europe 2017 conference, "Security in an uncertain world: the role of pension schemes in 2017 and beyond", Brussels, 6 June 2017. Ladies and Gentlemen, It's a pleasure to be here to conclude the Pensions Europe Conference 2017. I would like to...
Febelfin organizes, in collaboration with Joyn Legal and Athémis, an information session which will be dedicated to the presentation of the book “Manuel de la Taxe sur les operations de bourse”. It will be held on 16 June 2017, from 9:15am to 12am at KBC Auditorium...
Speech by Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Government Borrowers Forum organised by the World Bank, Luxembourg, 18 May 2017 To foster European financial integration, the ECB has set sail under the European flag. And we will continue our journey...
Keynote speech by Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, at the joint conference of the European Commission and European Central Bank on European Financial Integration, Brussels,19 May 2017. Banking union and capital markets union are undoubtedly the two central policy initiatives to catalyse financial integration in...
The European Parliament just adopted an own-initiative report on Fintech entitled “Fintech: the influence of technology on the future of the financial sector”, 17th May 2017 . The Parliament work on Fintech will feed the current discussions in the European Commission, including the on-going consultation on...
