EU financial markets remain fragmented, holding back retail investors from accessing better products and returns. Portugal’s capital market faces the same challenge, at a moment when the Savings and Investments Union is reshaping the EU-level debate on integration and access.

To explore what this means in practice, BETTER FINANCE, alongside Maxyield, the BETTER FINANCE member organisation in Portugal, is organising:

A New Era for the Capital Market in Portugal

Date: 14 October 2026 | Time: 15:30 – 20:15 (CEST) | Location: Portugal + Online

With a wide panel of speakers, during the conference we will discuss the impact of the European Capital Markets Reform and the state of play for Savings and Investment Accounts in Portugal.

Check the programme for more information

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Programme

15:30 – 16:00 | Registration

16:00 – 16:15 | Welcome Remarks

Carlos Rodrigues, President of the Board, Maxyield

16:15 – 17:45 | Panel Discussion | Impact, Opportunities and Challenges of the European Capital Markets Reform

• Between the fragmentation and integration of European markets.
• The major drivers of SIU.
• A new paradigm in negotiation and market access.

Panelists:

João Duque, Professor at Lisbon School of Economics and Management

Ricardo Santos – EIB Senior Economist

Tiago Matias – Director of the International and Regulatory Policy Department at the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM).

Representative from AEMEC (Spanish Association of Minority Shareholders of Listed Companies)

Moderator: Vera Bastos – Investor Relations at Sonae – SGPS

• 17:45 – 18:15 | Coffee Break

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• 18:15 – 19:45 | Panel Discussion | Savings and Investment Accounts

• Purpose, attributes, and conditions for success.
• State of the art at the European level.
• Technology: Paradigm shifts in investment options.

Panellists:

Rui Leão Martinho, Former President, Order of Economists

João Pina Pereira, Economist, member of the Board of Directors at GNB Asset Management, Chief Investment Officer and member of APFIPP Board

Martin Molko, Senior Policy Officer, BETTER FINANCE

Luís Agrellos, Entrepreneur

Moderator: Diana Ramos – Editor-in-Chief, Jornal de Negócios

• 19:45 – 20:15 | Closing Session | Contribution on a New Era for the Capital Market

Dr. Gonçalo Sequeira Braga, President of the General Assembly, Maxyield.

Dr. Luis Laginha de Souza, Chairman of the Board of Directors, CMVM.

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