Frankfurt to host new authority that will play a key role in EU fight against illicit financial activities.
Capital Markets Union (15/03/2024)
Agreement on the clearing package will help make EU clearing ecosystem safer and more attractive.
Listing Act (15/03/2024)
Why has the Commission proposed to review the rules on companies’ access to public markets?
EU supervisory reporting (15/03/2024)
Strategy on supervisory data – two years of making reporting in EU financial services more efficient.
Commissioner’s corner (15/03/2024)
Ms McGuinness speaks at conference on financial literacy, resilience and inclusion.
Finance news in brief (15/03/2024)
Another step closer to the implementation of DORA and MiCA.
EU financial centres (17/05/2022)
Following the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the EU, the European financial sector has successfully adapted to the post-Brexit reality. An article in Revue Banque takes a closer look.
Commission publishes report on steps to make reporting in EU financial services more efficient (08/03/2024)
29 February 2024
Another step closer to the implementation of DORA and MiCA: Milestone delegated acts adopted (08/03/2024)
23 February 2024
EU adopts 13th package of sanctions against Russia after two years of its war of aggression against Ukraine (08/03/2024)
23 February 2024
Workshop on strategy on supervisory data in EU financial services – progress and next steps (21/03/2024)
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State-of-play of European legislation (16/05/2022)
Keep up to date with the EU legislative timetable in the area of financial services.
High-level conference: Financial literacy, resilience and inclusion (19/02/2024)
On Tuesday, 20 February 2024, the European Commission and the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) will organise a high-level conference in Brussels on financial literacy, resilience and inclusion. Join us online as policymakers and experts share insights and discuss strategies and concrete initiatives to promote financial literacy, resilience and inclusion.
ESMA Chair on what changes the MiCA implementation is likely to bring crypto-asset service providers.
Financial literacy (07/02/2024)
What the EU is doing to promote financial literacy – and increase financial well-being and resilience.
NPL Securitisation (07/02/2024)
NPL advisory panel paper looks at the role of securitisation in developing NPL secondary markets.
Commissioner’s corner (07/02/2024)
Ms McGuinness speaks at a recent conference on fintech and regulation.
Finance news in brief (07/02/2024)
Commission welcomes political agreement on Anti-Money Laundering Regulation/Directive.
Commission welcomes political agreement on the clearing package, a boost for the capital markets union (07/02/2024)
7 February 2024
The Commission welcomes agreement on ESG ratings activities (07/02/2024)
6 February 2024
Commission welcomes political agreement on the Listing Act (07/02/2024)
2 February 2024
The EU and Price Cap Coalition members issue a compliance & enforcement alert to further enhance the collective action taken to tackle the oil price cap evasion attempts (07/02/2024)
1 February 2024
Commission welcomes political agreement on the first Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and new Anti-Money Laundering Directive (07/02/2024)
18 January 2024
Sustainable finance: Commission provides additional guidance to help financial undertakings report about environmental performance of their activities under EU taxonomy (07/02/2024)
21 December 2023
Financial literacy, resilience and inclusion (20/02/2024)
Brussels, Belgium
Financial literacy research – Pathways to becoming financially competent (21/02/2024)
Platform on Sustainable Finance publishes new report (29/01/2024)
Today the Platform on Sustainable Finance, an advisory body to the Commission, published its report on “A Compendium of Market Practices”. The report shows the first comprehensive evidence that the EU Taxonomy and the wider sustainable finance framework are being used by the market and have already had a positive impact on the ground. After six years since the adoption of the 2018 Action Plan, the report showcases concrete examples demonstrating the benefits stemming from the uptake of the sustainable finance toolkit by the market as an effective tool to navigate the transition to net zero. The Platform on Sustainable Finance will present the report during a webinar on Tuesday 6th February, 13:00 – 14:20.
Sustainable finance: Commission provides additional guidance to support markets in the implementation of the EU Taxonomy rules (22/12/2023)
The European Commission has adopted a guidance document, addressing frequently asked questions on the interpretation and implementation of the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act. The document is designed to help financial market participants prepare their first mandatory reporting exercise in 2024.
Financial literacy, resilience and inclusion (14/11/2023)
Save the date for a high-leel conference on financial literacy, resilience and inclusion, co-organised by the European Commission and the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) on 20 February 2024.