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The green bond market has expanded remarkably over the last few years. In 2020, around €236 billion of green bonds were issued globally (+57% compared to 2018), with Germany, France and the Netherlands accounting for a third of them. Green bond fund assets under management are also growing rapidly, though they only represent between 0.1% and 0.2% of total bond fund assets under management.

The pandemic has caused unprecedented volatility in the financial markets.

The ECMI Annual Conference is a high-level event that each year brings together policymakers, industry representatives and academics to exchange views on recent developments in European Capital Markets and EU policies related to finance, analyze their implications and explore possible ways forward. 

Making financing more accessible and attractive for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is one of the key points of the new Capital Markets Union (CMU) Action Plan.

Earlier this year, the Commission started consulting on a series of priority areas as part of its on-going MIFID II/MiFIR review

In partnership with CEPS and the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis, ECMI is calling for a submission of research papers in the area of 

The Capital Markets Union (CMU) has been a flagship project of the European Commission since 2014.

In recent years, the concept of sustainability has increased in scope and importance for policymakers.

Governments, central banks and international institutions have been mobilising resources in an effort to mitigate the economic consequences of the