On Thursday 25 June, AFME hosted a webinar to discuss the Capital Markets Union (CMU) High-Level Forum report. The CMU project is more urgent than ever to support long-term growth and Europe’s economic recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic. The recent report features 17 sets of recommendations covering a wide range of areas: equity markets, retail investment, market infrastructure integration, securitisation, digitalisation and regulatory impediments, among others.
Speakers on the call included:
• David Wright, Chair of the CMU HLF Sub-group on the capital raising ecosystem
• Andrea Beltramello, Member of Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission
• Leonique Van Houwelingen, Chief Executive Officer BNY Mellon SA/NV and Member of the CMU HLF
• Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman of Société Générale and Member of the CMU HLF Moderated by Rick Watson, AFME Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets, Membership & Events