
AFME Annual Review 2025
The 2025 Annual Review, “Advancing Europe’s Capital Markets: Delivering Stability and Growth in a Changing Landscape”, highlights AFME’s role over the past year in shaping reforms and supporting more resilient, competitive financial markets.
- 1Annual ReviewAFME Annual Review 2025
- 2Data ReportLatest ESG Finance Report Q2 2025
- 3Press ReleaseAFME report identifies Banking Union challenges holding back EU bank consolidation
- 4Latest ReportBanking Union: measuring progress and identifying implementation gaps
- 5Upcoming EventOPTIC 2025
About AFME
We are the voice of the leading banks in Europe’s financial markets
We represent over 150 leading global and European banks and other significant market players. Our members play a vital role in Europe’s financial ecosystem, underwriting around 90% of European corporate and sovereign debt, and 85% of European listed equity capital issuances.

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- 5000 +Individual AFME membersParticipating in Working Groups & Committees
- 150 +AFME Member FirmsIncluding major global and regional banks
- 2009 The year AFME was founded
- 16 Expert Committees& 100+ Working Groups
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- Capital Markets
- Prudential Regulation & Supervision
- Sustainable Finance
- Digital Innovation
- Compliance & Tax
Capital Markets
To support growth in the EU and UK and to finance the significant investments required for digital and sustainable transformations, AFME advocates for deep, integrated, and competitive capital markets. AFME works with members to address operational and structural barriers, enhance market practices, and ensure that regulation supports both investor protection and market efficiency.
Prudential Regulation & Supervision
AFME’s role is to support member firms and policy makers in the assessment and formulation of prudential policies that are efficient and risk-sensitive while enabling banks to run their business in an internationally-competitive environment. A priority of AFME’s work is to reduce regional prudential fragmentation and to facilitate European and global financial integration.
Sustainable Finance
AFME’s focus is on supporting members through the transition to a sustainable economy. We promote the mobilisation of capital in support of sustainable objectives, with an emphasis on the pivotal role of banks and capital markets.
Digital Innovation
AFME works to facilitate the adoption of digital innovation in capital markets by: developing regulatory positions that enable members to make appropriate use of emerging technologies; supporting the growth of innovation-based market infrastructures; providing members and policy makers with a platform for discussions on the implementation and management of new technologies.
Compliance & Tax
Our European Compliance work focuses on influencing the European regulatory environment to foster a culture of integrity and effective conduct regulation.
Upcoming Events
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The UK Mortgage Finance Conference
AFME and DealCatalyst are delighted to announce that the Annual UK Mortgage Finance Conference will return to The Landmark London on the 29th September 2025.
The fourth annual conference, in partnership with AFME, will continue its traditional focus on wholesale and retail residential mortgage themes: solving the housing affordability crisis, private and public funding options for bank and non-bank originators, regulatory and policy developments, emerging mortgage products, and the evolution of the buy to let sector.
Testimonials:
"This is the who’s who of UK Mortgage Finance, your one chance to have meaningful connections with the leaders of the industry." - Paul Watts, Founder, Lenuity
"Excellent speaker panels and keynote speakers covering a wide area of interesting topics related to Mortgage Funding" - Rob Koning, Managing Director, Prime Collateralised Securities
"…a useful opportunity to touch base with contacts that we’d had one or two meetings in the past with. There was a good mix of speakers and definitely good learning opportunities from a lender perspective.” - Sabinder Robinson-Sandhu, Director of Operations, Avamore Capital
Sponsoring Opportunities:
Click here if you are interested in learning more about sponsorship opportunities at the event.The Landmark Hotel, London, United Kingdom29 September 2025 - EventConference
OPTIC 2025
AFME’s Annual Operations, Post-Trade, Technology & Innovation conference brings together the industry’s leading voices, to discuss the role of technology in developing and transforming capital markets in Europe, with particular focus on the world of operations and post trade.
OPTIC 2025 will take place in Amsterdam, with a two-day agenda packed with keynote addresses from regulatory authorities, thought-provoking panels and speeches from Europe’s leading financial institutions and technology providers and ample networking opportunities for attendees.
Set against a backdrop of growing cyber risks, rapid technological innovation and regulatory changes, set to transform the way capital markets operate, delegates will receive key insights on the most important innovations happening now, how new technologies and innovations can be implemented at scale and help transform capital markets as well what challenges new technologies may present.
Delegates will hear from practitioners, technologists, and key policymakers. Our expert speakers will discuss the opportunities and challenges that are unique to Europe and contemplate whether the capital markets ecosystem and its underpinning regulatory framework, is well-positioned to support innovation.
Key themes will included the transformation of capital markets towards T+1 settlement and how innovations in data and data analytics – in particularly (generative) AI and DLT – can help enhance efficiency and security of capital markets operations.
This event is attended by senior capital market professionals working in operations, post-trade, technology, regulation and policy. Click here to view our sample delegate list.
Regular Registration fees:
• AFME member: €999 + VAT
• Non member: €1,379 + VAT
Multi-booking discount:
• 10% off when booking 3 or more delegates at the same time
• 20% off when booking 5 or more delegates at the same time
Multi booking discounts can be applied at check out for group booking.
Complimentary subject to verification:
• Regulator: promo code REGULATOR
• Press: promo code PRESS
Note: Promo codes are case sensitive
To discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact Cheryl Chickowski at [email protected] or on +44 (0)7824 874 391.
Read AFME's Press Policy here.Leonardo Royal Hotel Amsterdam, Netherlands07 October 2025 - EventConference
AFME's European High Yield and Private Credit Conference 2025
AFME’s European High Yield and Private Credit Conference is returning to London in October 2025. The conference
will bring together the leading names in the European High Yield, Leveraged Loan and Private Credit/
Direct Lending markets, providing topical and invaluable discussions, and an opportunity to network.
To build on AFME’s successes with the launch of the recalibrated forum last year, the flagship event
will continue to focus on high yield bonds and leveraged loans, but also place a greater emphasis on
the coverage of the sizable European Private Credit market. This is in recognition of the importance of
all three markets to UK and EU corporates, recent rapid growth and increased regulatory attention on
this market. The conference content will comprehensively cover key areas of interest for arrangers/
underwriters, corporates, investors, law firms, ratings agencies, data providers and other market
participants.
This event is attended by senior capital market professionals working in operations, post-trade, technology, regulation and policy. Click here to view our sample delegate list.
Regular Registration fees:
AFME member: £699 + VAT
Non member: £939 + VAT
Multi-booking discount:
• 10% off when booking 3 or more delegates at the same time
• 20% off when booking 5 or more delegates at the same time
Multi booking discounts can be applied at check out for group booking.
Complimentary subject to verification:
• Regulator: promo code REGULATOR
• Investor: promo code INVESTOR
• Press: promo code PRESS
To discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact Safiya Merrique at [email protected] or on +44 (0) 20 3828 26741 America Square, London, United Kingdom22 October 2025 - EventConference
AFME's 20th Annual European Government Bond Conference
Join us in Brussels on 12 November 2025 to celebrate 20 years of AFME’s Annual European Government Bond Conference at the Radisson Collection Hotel Brussels.
For two decades, AFME’s European Government Bonds Conference has served as a key event for industry leaders to connect and engage in insightful debates. Bringing together over 120 professionals this event offers unparalleled opportunities for networking and dialogue. Designed with assistance from our members, the conference delves into the most pressing issues and trends impacting European Debt Management Offices (DMOs) and EGB markets.
Featuring specialist keynote presentations, expert panel discussions and interactive roundtables, the programme unites senior industry stakeholders from across Europe.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights, hear from industry experts, earn CPD hours and forge connections with your peers.
This event is attended by senior capital market professionals working in operations, post-trade, technology, regulation and policy. Click here to view our sample delegate list.
Regular fees:
AFME member: €739 + VAT
Non-member: €1019 + VAT
Multi-booking discount:
• 10% off when booking 3 or more delegates at the same time
• 20% off when booking 5 or more delegates at the same time
Multi booking discounts can be applied at check out for group bookings.
Complimentary subject to verification:
• DMO: promo code DMO
• Regulator: promo code REGULATOR
• Investor: promo code INVESTOR
• SSA Issuer: promo code ISSUER
• Press: promo code PRESS for in person attendance or VIRTUALPRESS to receive a live stream link (this link is only available to press)
Note: Promo codes are case sensitive
To discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact Safiya Merrique at [email protected] or on +44 (0)20 3828 2674.Radisson Collection Hotel, Brussels, Belgium12 November 2025 - EventPartner Event
SLF 2025 Specialist Lender Finance
AFME and DealCatalyst are delighted to announce that the Annual Specialist Lender Finance Conference will return to London on the 24th November 2025.
Now in its fourth year SLF 2025 explores the key funding factors specialty lenders should consider from launch phase to maturity, and eventual exit via M&A or a public ABS deal. Investors will have a unique forum to meet emerging and established non-bank financial institutions originating a variety of financial assets and participate in a sector with an attractive yield and risk profile. Funds seeking to expand their lending activities beyond corporate direct lending will be able to showcase their platforms to an audience of potential borrowers and allocators alike.
Take advantage of super early bird rates until 5 September, and save £400 here.
Testimonials:
"If you are operating in the specialty finance space at all, you owe it to yourself to attend the Dealcatalyst asset-based series of conferences. They are extremely worthwhile with just the right focus and are just the right size." - Gary Miller, Director, Speciality Finance, Revere Capital
"A great opportunity to meet serious, well-informed peers looking to do business. Networking was easy and effective via the app and the facilities on the day were excellent. All round very professional, a worthwhile day." - Brian Rubins, Director, Alternative Bridging Corporation Limited
Sponsorship Opportunities:
Click here if you are interested in learning more about sponsorship opportunities at the event.The Royal Lancaster, London, United Kingdom24 November 2025
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