Welcome to AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe)

About AFME
- History
  An overview of the organisation's background.
- Mission
  The work AFME does and its current priorities.
- AFME Annual review
  Navigating the new world
- Board
  Details of the AFME Board of Directors.
- Contacts
- Senior management team
  Details of the AFME senior management team.
- Directors
  Details of AFME's directors.
- Management contacts
- Divisions
  Details of the AFME divisions' structure and process.
- Membership
  Our existing members and how to join.
- Careers at AFME
  Current job openings at AFME.
AFME DIVISIONS AND COMMITTEES
- Accounting
  Works on developing and implementing the International Financial Reporting Standards.
- Compliance
  Works to help develop open markets across the EU.
- Corporate Finance
  Works on the commercial, legal, and regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions and the public issuance of securities.
- Covered Bonds
  Works to promote an efficient pan-European covered bond market by facilitating consultation with key market participants.
- Credit
  Works to help develop market policy and best practices for the corporate bond and loan markets.
- Equities
  Works to help shape market structure and the policy environment.
- Equity Capital Markets
  Works to address the regional and cross-border issues of equity-raising transactions in Europe, the Middle East and emerging markets.
- Global FX
  Works to help develop best practices and monitor policy and regulatory developments that could affect the FX markets.
- High Yield
  Works to lower the costs of executing high yield debt capital market tranactions and lobbies for the reform of corporate insolvency laws.
- Post-Trade
  Works to achieve harmonisation, standardisation, and consolidation across Europe through best practice and regulation.
- Prime Services
  Works to enhance understanding of the prime services business and constructively shape the policy environment.
- Prudential Regulation
  Works on issues relating to changes to the prudential regulatory framework.
- Public Policy and Advocacy
  Works with members, policymakers, and regulators on projects and initiatives at the global, EU, and national levels.
- Rates
  Works to monitor developments in policy and market structure that could affect the bond markets.
- Securitisation
  Works on financial markets policy issues and the development of best practices.
- Tax
  Works to analyse and communicate the impact of tax proposals.
Industry Facts and Figures
- Key issues
  Information on key issues that AFME is working on
- Investing in Bonds Europe
  For retail investors interested in learning about the European fixed-income market.
- Glossary of financial terms
- Statistics and reports
  Useful data and other research into the financial sector.
- Briefing notes
  Overviews of topical issues for the financial sector and our members' views on them.
- Surveys
  Results from analysis carried out by AFME.
- AFME book: Investing in Change
  Investing in Change: A book of essays on financial reform in Europe
- Useful links
  Links to other helpful websites.
Reports and Consultation Responses
- Consultation responses
  Complete copies of AFME's responses to regulatory consultations.
- Briefing notes
  Overviews of topical issues for the financial sector and our members' views on them.
- Discussion papers
  In-depth analysis of financial sector reforms and other topical issues.
- Weekly global regulatory updates
  Subscribe to our free weekly review of international regulatory reform proposals and activity.
- Press releases, comment letters, and open letters
  The latest news and comment from AFME.
- Published articles and speeches
  AFME in the news and at conferences.
- Statistics and reports
  Useful data and other research into the financial sector.
- Industry guidelines and best practice guides
- Standard forms and documents
  A range of standard market documentation developed by AFME.
AFME, Industry, and Regulatory News
- Press releases, comment letters, and open letters
  The latest news and comment from AFME.
- Weekly global regulatory updates
  Subscribe to our free weekly review of international regulatory reform proposals and activity.
- Free industry news
  Subscribe to Global SmartBrief, our free daily industry news roundup.
- AFME blog
  Comments from AFME's experts
- Members' newsletter
  Monthly summary of AFME's work and other regulatory news.
Conferences and Events
- Events calendar
  Get information on and sign up for our future events.
- Past events
  Read reports from our previous events.
- Join AFME events mailing list
  Sign up for our Events update mail.
- Members' briefing calls
  Listen to previous calls and view the accompanying presentations.

Members' newsletter

The AFME Members’ update is issued at the start of each month to provide our members with a handy summary of our work over the previous month and details of our forthcoming events.

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