Eurofi organizes two major annual events ahead of the informal Ecofin meetings, bringing together over 900 public and private sector representatives to discuss financial regulation, macroeconomic trends, and industry developments.
Current Topics
Content on the key topics currently being addressed by Eurofi: policy notes, summaries of working sessions and insights from public and private sector representatives.
Objectives of the roundtable The session will assess the financial stability impacts of the economic environment – characterized by persistent high inflation, very high levels of public and private debt in many Member States and increased nominal interest rates – on the EU banking sector. The panel will also discuss how vulnerabilities in the non-bank … Continued
Objectives This session will assess whether the proposals of the Retail Investment Package address the main priorities for developing retail investment, evaluate the potential impacts of the measures proposed and identify possible shortcomings or gaps that remain to be tackled. The discussion will mainly be organized around the proposals in terms of (i) Value for … Continued
Context and objectives of the session The Digital Euro has sparked considerable interest and posed significant questions within the European Union’s (EU) payment landscape. Key concerns encompass financial intermediaries, inclusion, financial stability, anti-money laundering (AML), and data privacy. One critical issue is the role of financial intermediaries in the Digital Euro ecosystem. The Eurosystem envisions … Continued
Objectives This session will first discuss whether the FIDA (Financial Data Access ) proposal is likely to facilitate a development of open finance services in Europe, the related opportunities for financial institutions and consumers and the expected impacts at market level in terms of competitiveness and access to finance. The panel will also discuss whether … Continued
Background and objectives of the session The International Sustainability Standard Board (ISSB) released its first two reporting standards in June, focusing on climate change. These standards are currently have just been endoorsed by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). In July the European Commission published the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) after a public … Continued
Objectives of the roundtable The objective of this session is to assess the reasons why the pace of investments made for the ecological transition in the countries of the Union is insufficient with regard to the needs identified by the European Union and the Member States despite Europe’s regulatory and financing commitments to the climate … Continued
Objectives This session focusing on the measures needed to foster more growth in EU capital markets, will discuss whether the combined set of measures proposed in the CMU action plans is sufficient to stimulate significant growth of capital markets in the EU, what are the priorities in this regard and what further measures may be … Continued
