On 23 May 2018, AFME’s Post Trade Division has published a new White Paper setting out a vision for a future post-trade system in Europe. The paper explores the issues currently impeding progress in European post trade reform and outlines some key objectives for public authorities...
The report—based on a survey of The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) members and data from the McKinsey Panorama Fintech database —evaluates the fintech landscape within the capital market infrastructure (CMI) industry, potential uses of new technologies across the value chain, and areas likely to see...
On 16 February 2018, Clifford Chance published a list of practical options and pertinent considerations with regards contract continuity and repapering. One of the key questions firms need to consider in their Brexit planning is how to deal with cross-border financial services contracts. In a scenario...
On 19 February 2018, AFME, together with Clifford Chance, has published guidance to assist bank clients in understanding how their cross-border relationships may be impacted by banks’ plans to adapt to Brexit. The FAQs explain the potential significant impact on contractual relationships for financial services, providing...
European Commission Vice-President Dombrovskis speech at Swiss Finance Council on 13 February 2018 The Commission is ready to follow up on the HLEG report's recommendations and deploy sustainable finance at a pan-European scale. Next month, they will present an Action Plan for mobilising green investment and integrating sustainability...
Fin 2017, Deloitte et Avaloq ont publié un document de discussion commun consacré au conseil digital en gestion du patrimoine. Le rapport met en exergue le fait que de nouveaux modèles de conseil digital en gestion du patrimoine émergent de par le développement de l’innovation numérique dans...
On 12 December 2017, Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, Financial Stability and Financial Services, gave a speech at the One Planet Summit in Paris. In this speech, called “Greening finance for sustainable business”, he reiterated the commitment of the EU to reduce...
Les ICO, ou Initial Coin Offerings, suscitent depuis quelques mois un intérêt grandissant. En effet, en 2017, plus de trois milliards de dollars de fonds ont été levés par des start-up grâce à ce nouveau mode de financement. Néanmoins, investir par le biais de ces...
In an exclusive interview with Daily News at Sibos, Fabian Vandenreydt, executive chairman of collaborative innovation platform B-Hive, explains what it’s doing for creativity and how it will form a separate company for scale-ups. Like Vandenreydt, the origins of B-Hive lie firmly in Belgium. It was...
In this commentary, EPC Chief Executive Fabian Zuleeg analyses the state of Brexit negotiations : At the October EU Summit, as expected, the EU27 did not conclude that the Brexit negotiations had progressed sufficiently to warrant opening the discussions on the future (economic) relationship between the...
