September 2023 • The future of EU capital markets • by Christopher Breen, Maximilian Bierbaum, and William Wright
Member states, EU authorities, and the European banking and finance industry need to inject more urgency across Europe into building bigger and better capital markets. This report identifies five of the biggest social and economic challenges facing the EU, analyses whether EU capital markets are in a position to address these challenges, and outlines a small number of high-priority steps to accelerate capital markets development.
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July 2023 • Event • The future of EU capital markets • by New Financial
This event, ‘EU capital markets – a new sense of urgency’ marks the launch of our annual benchmarking report on the size, depth and growth potential of EU capital markets. WWe are delighted to be hosting John Berrigan, director general of DG FISMA at the European Commission, as our guest speaker, with other speakers and […]
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May 2023 • Event • The future of EU capital markets • by New Financial
An in-person panel discussion on ‘Building EU capital markets from the bottom up’, jointly hosted with the City of London Corporation, taking place in Brussels on Tuesday 13th June. The event will begin with a presentation on how to build EU capital markets from the bottom up, as described in our report here. The panel […]
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March 2023 • The future of EU capital markets • by Maximilian Bierbaum
Analysis of pools of long-term capital in the EU with a focus on pensions.
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February 2023 • Event • The future of EU capital markets • by New Financial
More than three years after the UK signed the EU withdrawal agreement, the EU and UK have finally agreed a deal on Northern Ireland. The ‘Windsor Framework’ potentially removes a significant barrier to future cooperation and could herald a political and diplomatic reset. This virtual workshop is an opportunity to discuss what impact this may […]
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February 2022 • The future of EU capital markets • by Panagiotis Asimakopoulos, Eivind Friis Hamre & William Wright
This report presents a new vision for EU capital markets and identifies the potential for game-changing growth to support investment, jobs, and sustainable growth. We estimate that an additional 4,800 companies in the EU27 could raise an extra €535bn per year in the capital markets and that an additional €14tn in long-term capital could be put to work in the EU economy to help support a recovery.
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September 2021 • The future of EU capital markets • by Panagiotis Asimakopoulos, Eivind Friis Hamre and William Wright
This report analyses EU capital markets from the perspective of strategic autonomy. It shows that in most areas of activity the EU falls short and there is a lot of work to be done. Building bigger, better and more integrated capital markets needs to be an urgent strategic priority to develop sufficient domestic capacity to finance the EU economy and support a post-Covid recovery, reduce the EU’s reliance on third countries, and increase its international attractiveness and global influence.
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March 2021 • The future of EU capital markets • by William Wright & Eivind Friis Hamre
At a time when the European economy needs bigger and better equity markets more than ever to help support a post-Covid recovery, this short paper analyses of one of the biggest barriers to growth: the complex patchwork of European stock markets, stock exchanges and post-trade infrastructure.
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December 2020 • The future of EU capital markets • by Panagiotis Asimakopoulos
This report shows that post-Brexit capital markets in the EU will be significantly smaller and less developed relative to GDP than they are today – and that the UK’s current dominance of EU capital markets activity will be replaced by the dominance of France and Germany. The report also raises some difficult questions over the future relationship between the EU and UK in key sectors.
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November 2020 • The future of EU capital markets • by Panagiotis Asimakopoulos and William Wright
This report analyses the development of EU capital markets since the conception of the capital markets union initiative and shows that while steady progress has been made at an overall EU level, growth has been patchy and there is still a lot of work to be done in individual member states.
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September 2020 • The future of EU capital markets • by Panagiotis Asimakopoulos & Eivind Friis Hamre
This report analyses how banks and capital markets have responded to the Covid-19 crisis and identifies the potential for game-changing growth in EU capital markets to support investment, jobs, and growth. We estimate that an additional 4,000 companies could raise an extra €470bn per year in the capital markets, and that an additional €11 trillion in long-term capital could be put to work to support a recovery.
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November 2019 • The future of EU capital markets • by Panagiotis Asimakopoulos and William Wright
This report analyses the progress made by the capital markets union project so far, underlines why Europe needs more capital markets – and why it needs more integrated capital markets. It outlines a more ambitious and more focused roadmap for CMU over the next few decades that combines ‘top down’ initiatives at an EU level and ‘bottom up’ initiatives at a national level to build bigger and better capital markets.
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June 2019 • The future of EU capital markets • by Panagiotis Asimakopoulos & William Wright
This report outlines an ambitious vision of game-changing growth in European capital markets. It underlines the wide range in the size and depth of markets across the EU and highlights the potential benefits of deeper capital markets to the European economy in concrete and practical terms.
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