ECMI is managed in-house by @CEPS_Thinktank. Updates by Karel Lannoo, Apostolos Thomadakis, Beatriz Pozo and Alice Orlandini.

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🏛️Is the 🇪🇺EU's financial supervisory architecture fit for purpose? Our new study maps the current framework and explores a model organised around financial stability, prudential soundness, investor protection & competition as a way forward. 🔗 tinyurl.com/cwz4fx75
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Ten years of Solvency II equivalence: can 🇪🇺 be open without lowering its standards? The answer is yes: the EU can maintain its prudential objectives while acknowledging that other jurisdictions can achieve comparable outcomes through different rules. 🔗tinyurl.com/22hk3fhx
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🔎Ten years of Solvency II equivalence: what have we learned and what comes next? Our new publication looks at the experience of the past decade and argues that the priority for the next ten years should be evolution, not fundamental redesign. READ HERE: tinyurl.com/5x9tteyj
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Tomorrow, our Head of Research will deliver a keynote as part of the "Ten Years of Solvency II Equivalence" panel at the Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers annual event👇 🔍Presenting findings from a new study on Solvency II equivalence—stay tuned for the publication!
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📌Save the date for our Annual Conference on 10 November! Exploring: 1️⃣MISP and the future of 🇪🇺EU #capitalmarkets 2️⃣Scaling up Europe 3️⃣Intermediaries, liquidity providers & market infrastructures REGISTER HERE👉 tinyurl.com/5b3bynvd With @EuroclearGroup & @OptiverGlobal
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Call for papers on #capitalmarkets & their functioning – still open👇 The winning paper will receive a €5,000 prize and the opportunity to present its findings at the ECMI Annual Conference on 10 November! 🗓️Submission deadline: 6 September LEARN MORE: tinyurl.com/4xy45d8z
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Save the date for the ECMI Annual Conference on 10 November at @CEPS_thinktank! Exploring key priorities: 1️⃣MISP and the future of 🇪🇺EU #capitalmarkets 2️⃣Scaling up Europe 3️⃣Intermediaries, liquidity providers & market infrastructures 🔗REGISTER HERE: tinyurl.com/5b3bynvd
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Regulatory simplicity has become a significant part of the 🇪🇺EU's #competitiveness agenda, but a much bigger obstacle is the fragmentation of its markets & the lack of scale and suitable governance structure hindering cross-border business. 🗞️READ HERE: tinyurl.com/mpdpa443
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We're proud to share that our Head of Research will join the next FISC Subcommittee @EP_Taxation meeting on Thursday to present the @EP_EPRS study on "VAT reverse-charge mechanism"👇 🔗Learn more: tinyurl.com/2wxu5dk5
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Next week, our Head of Research will take part in a panel on "🇪🇺EU approaches to a digital levy" during a @EP_Budgets workshop👇 The workshop will provide a forum for discussing pros & cons, design options, and revenue potential. 🔗Learn more: tinyurl.com/2f2nk6e8
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Yesterday, we hosted a seminar to discuss how the 🇪🇺EU can simplify financial regulation while strengthening supervision – check out the key takeaways from our speakers below!👇 🎥Missed it? Watch the recording here: tinyurl.com/mwzpnkwp @CEPS_thinktank @ECRI_CEPS
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🙌A full room today for our CEPS-ECMI-ECRI seminar on simplifying 🇪🇺EU financial regulation & strengthening supervision, marking the conclusion of the latest CEPS-ECMI-ECRI Task Force (🔗final report here tinyurl.com/4pd35499)! Huge thanks to our speakers and participants👏
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6 days until our event on simplifying 🇪🇺financial regulation & strengthening supervision! 🎙️John Berrigan, @EU_Finance 🎙️@phielkema, @eiopa_europa_eu 🎙️José Antonio Álvarez, @bancosantander Moderated by @karel_lannoo, @CEPS_thinktank, ECMI & @ECRI_CEPS 👉tinyurl.com/mwzpnkwp
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🗞️Our annual call for paper on #capitalmarkets and their functioning is out! The winning author(s) will receive a €5,000 prize & the opportunity to present findings at our Annual Conference on 10 November! 🗓️Submission deadline: 6 September More info👉tinyurl.com/4xy45d8z
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If 🇪🇺Europe wants #securitisation, it needs investors on board. The securitisation debate rightly focuses on banks, but a functioning market needs issuers (including non-bank originators) and investors able and willing to buy, hold and absorb the risk. 🔗tinyurl.com/3tmk8w78
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Join us for our seminar on simplifying 🇪🇺EU financial regulation and strengthening supervision! We'll discuss the findings of the latest CEPS-ECMI-ECRI Task Force Report (🔗tinyurl.com/4pd35499). 🗓️16 June, 13–14:30 📍@CEPS_thinktank REGISTER HERE👉tinyurl.com/mwzpnkwp
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The 🇪🇺#MISP package wants to fix capital markets fragmentation in one go. @karel_lannoo welcomes this ambition – given the urgency for more market finance & the lack of private investments, but raises a critical question: is this too much, all at once? 🔗 tinyurl.com/mw5ven8e
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💰Private credit’s problem isn’t illiquidity — it’s the illusion of liquidity. The EU should ensure clear disclosure of semi-liquid structures & honest communication of the liquidity bargain. Gates are not the problem. Misunderstanding liquidity is. 🔗tinyurl.com/z6mxz7t
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📢Call for sponsorship – ECMI Annual Conference! In November 2026 we will celebrate 20 years of ECMI with our 16th Annual Conference! 🤝For this special anniversary edition, we are looking for sponsors who would like to support & shape the discussion. 🔗tinyurl.com/3jmbnece
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🇪🇺 needs a more competitive financial system. But giving supervisors a secondary #competitiveness objective is the wrong path. It risks exposing supervisors to political & industry pressure precisely where clarity, independence & discipline matter most. 🔗tinyurl.com/dhxzd2e2
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