Retail investors need coherent and reliable narratives around capital markets. This requires moving away from reductive debates about products and providers.
Earlier this year, the Commission started consulting on a series of priority areas as part of its ongoing MIFID II/MiFIR review.
In the EU there are still 27 national capital markets, which do not function as one.
Amid the uncertainty of EU-UK negotiations, financial market access is sure to be marked by more friction.
The CMU Equity Market Index Family assessed in this study* covers 38 indices, including all share, ESG, SME Growth Market, sectoral, company size, and market size-based indices.
In recent years, sustainability has risen in scope and importance on the agenda of policymakers.
The resilience of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) funds is not completely new.
Soon after the work of the Next CMU High-Level Group, the EU Commission set up its own High-Level Forum (HLF) to discuss the continuation of CMU.
The Covid-19 pandemic has given a brutal reminder about the need to strengthen the resilience of our societies as a whole.
The ‘Next Generation EU’ budget proposal has brought a common eurozone bond market suddenly and unexpectedly much closer.
A highly contagious respiratory virus is endangering humanity and our established order. Funding must be rapidly mobilised from all sources in the fight against COVID-19 an