14.09.2025
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2025 ECMI Call for papers

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Annual Conferences
CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies 1 Place du Congrès / Congresplein 1000 Brussels

DEADLINE: 14 SEPTEMBER 2025

The European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) is calling for the submission of research papers in the area of capital markets and their functioning.

A committee of academics and international experts will select the best paper and award the author(s) a EUR 5 000 prize and the opportunity to present the findings at the 2025 ECMI Annual Conference, taking place on 4 November 2025. This prestigious international event brings together policymakers, academics and industry representatives to take stock of recent developments in European capital markets and analyse their long-term implications.

Research papers should cover (but are not limited to) one or more of the following areas:

  • Competitiveness and global positioning of EU financial institutions and capital markets
  • Supervisory convergence, regulatory efficiency, and the future architecture of EU financial oversight
  • Revitalising the Capital Markets Union and building the Savings and Investments Union
  • Channelling household savings into long-term investments for Europe’s strategic autonomy
  • Overcoming barriers to cross-border retail investment and distribution
  • Financial literacy, retail investor empowerment, and behavioural drivers of market participation
  • The role of institutional investors in deepening EU capital markets
  • Regulatory structure and simplification in asset and wealth management: reducing fragmentation and aligning rules with capital market-oriented business models
  • Corporate governance, data disclosure, and the evolving role of boards in sustainable finance
  • The digital transformation of financial services: cross-border payments, robo-advice, digital platforms
  • Advancing the integration of Europe’s post-trade infrastructure
  • Market structure and transparency in EU securities markets
  • Financial stability implications of non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI) and the effectiveness of macroprudential frameworks
  • Sustainable finance and the evolving ESG ecosystem: standardisation, green sentiment, reporting frameworks and data quality
  • Digital assets and decentralised finance: tokenised securities, DLT infrastructure, MiCA and its market impact
  • Artificial intelligence in capital markets: use cases, ethical challenges, regulatory approaches and implications for risk management
  • The ‘cost of non-Europe’ in financial integration

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