The European Commission is carrying out a targeted consultation to collect views and opinions to feed into the establishment of an EU green bond standard.
A new pact will help derivatives markets - the EU and U.S. are committed to sound regulation (17/09/2020)
Don’t miss the article in the Wall Street Journal by Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis and Heath Tarbert, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis on the EU response to the Coronavirus crisis – and the impact it will have on DG FISMA policies.
Interview with Marius Jurgilas (11/08/2020)
Bank of Lithuania board member on how Lithuania is fast becoming a well-known fintech hub and what the secret of its success is.
Digital finance (11/08/2020)
What are the potential benefits – and challenges – of the digital transformation of financial services, and how is the Commission tackling them in its upcoming digital finance strategy?
Digital Finance Outreach (11/08/2020)
A series of events in the first half of 2020 allowed the Commission to gather stakeholder views and input to feed into its new digital finance strategy.
Coronavirus Response: Commission welcomes ‘Best Practices' to provide relief for consumers and businesses (10/08/2020)
14 July 2020
Anti-Money Laundering: Commission to refer Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to fully implement EU anti-money laundering rules (10/08/2020)
2 July 2020
Singapore and New Zealand join the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) (10/08/2020)
11 June 2020
Capital markets union: Final report by High-Level Forum pushes for the completion of the CMU (10/08/2020)
10 June 2020
Commission publishes guidance on coronavirus-related humanitarian aid to Syria despite sanctions (10/08/2020)
12 May 2020
EU Member States sign an agreement for the termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties (10/08/2020)
05 May 2020
Indonesia and Norway join the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) (10/08/2020)
25 March 2020
Letter from Commission EVP Valdis Dombrovskis to Mr. Rishi Sunak, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer (10/08/2020)
13 March 2020
Switzerland joins the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) (10/08/2020)
04 March 2020
Closing the door on dirty money – European Commission hearing on Anti-Money Laundering (30/09/2020)
More information to come
Intra-EU investment protection and facilitation initiative (10/08/2020)
26.05.2020 - 08.09.2020
Action plan for a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing (10/08/2020)
07.05.2020 - 26.08.2020
Coronavirus response (10/08/2020)
The Commission welcomes best practices agreed by the financial sector and consumer and business organisations to help further mitigate the impact of the pandemic.
Capital Markets Union: Recovery Package - How capital markets can help the recovery (20/07/2020)
As part of the post-Covid-19 recovery strategy, the European Commission is today adopting a capital markets recovery package. The aim of the package is to make it easier for companies affected by the economic shock of the pandemic to raise equity capital on public markets. The package proposes targeted changes to capital market rules to ensure that capital markets can support the recovery by facilitating investments in the economy, allowing for the rapid re-capitalization of businesses, and increasing banks’ capacity to finance the recovery. Specifically, the proposal contains targeted amendments to MiFID II, the Prospectus regulation and the Securitisation Framework to help the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis with the support of financial markets.
Coronavirus Response: Best practices in the financial sector (13/07/2020)
The European Commission has welcomed a list of Best Practices agreed by the financial sector and consumer and business organisations to help further mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Published today, this list of best practices aims to ensure access to finance at this critical time for many European citizens and for small businesses in particular.
COVID-19 related amendments to EU banking rules adopted by the European Parliament (19/06/2020)
The amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) were proposed by the Commission on 28 April 2020, to ensure that banks continue to lend to citizens and businesses during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Don’t miss the Digital Finance Outreach online closing conference! (11/06/2020)
The goal of the conference is to summarise the key takeaways gathered throughout the national events, discuss them with EU policy makers and lay the foundations for the new #DigitalFinanceEU strategy that will be announced in Q3 2020.
