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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260506T120000
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SUMMARY:Integrating Europe’s Capital Markets: Delivering for Retail Investors
DESCRIPTION: \nDespite recent progress\, EU  financial markets remain fragmented\, relatively small and less competitive. This represents a missed opportunity to realise economies of scale and improve efficiency. To address these shortcomings\, the European Union is advancing the Savings and Investment Union by implementing the new Market Integration Package. However\, as the EU intensifies its efforts\, the central question is whether the new market integration package will deliver tangible benefits for Europe’s retail investors and savers.  \nFor a thorough examination of this issue\, BETTER FINANCE is hosting an international conference:  \nIntegrating Europe’s Capital Markets: Delivering for Retail Investors \nDate: 6 May 2026 | Time: 12:00 – 17:30 | Location: Residence Palace\, Rue de la Loi 155\, Brussels (Hybrid event) \nBringing together the viewpoints of policymakers\, civil society\, and the industry\, the conference will examine whether current reforms will translate into lower investment costs\, better execution\, greater transparency\, and genuinely accessible cross-border investment opportunities for European citizens. \n\nThe conference will feature a keynote speech by Maria Luís Albuquerque\, European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union\nDuring her intervention\, Commissioner Albuquerque will address the strategic direction of Europe’s capital markets integration and its implications for competitiveness\, investor trust\, and long-term economic resilience. Her intervention will also examine how ongoing EU reforms aim to strengthen both public and private markets\, improve access to investment opportunities\, and ensure that Europe’s financial system better serves the needs of retail investors and savers. \n\nFurthermore\, as European capital markets shift\, with fewer companies remaining publicly listed and private markets expanding rapidly\, the conference will assess the decline in public listings\, the evolving role of private markets and their implications for retail investors\, market transparency\, and long-term capital formation.  \n*** \nCheck the programme for more information  \n*** \nProgramme\n12:00 – 13:00 | Registration & Networking Lunch\n\n13:00 – 13:05 | Welcome & Opening Remarks\nRetail investors at the heart of EU market integration \nFrom policy ambition to real-world outcomes \n\n13:05 – 13:20 | Keynote Speech\nTBC \n\n13:20 – 14:30 | Panel 1: Market Integration in Practice\nFocus: Will the EU Market Integration Package deliver better execution\, lower costs\, and improved cross-border access for retail investors? \n\nMarket integration\, beyond infrastructure: what’s in it for retail investors?\nData access\, comparability\, best execution in a fragmented market\nCompetition between trading models & implications for transparency\nSupervisory convergence and enforcement\nCan Europe deliver genuinely pan-EU investment products?\n\n\n14:30 – 14:50 | Coffee Break\n\n14:50 – 16:00 | Panel 2: Listed or Private? Rebalancing Europe’s Capital Markets\nFocus: Implications of delistings & private-market expansion for retail and long-term investors \n\nWhy are European companies leaving public markets?\nAre listing rules part of the problem or solution?\nDemocratisation of private markets: opportunity or mis-selling risk?\nFees\, liquidity\, valuation\, conflicts in retail access\nSafeguards & regulatory consistency across markets\n\n\n16:00 – 16:20 | Keynote Address\n\nMaria Luís Albuquerque\, European Commissioner\n**\nMarket integration\, competitiveness & investor trust\nFuture role of public & private markets in Europe\nEnsuring EU reforms work for retail investors & savers \n\n\n\n16:20 – 16:30 | Closing Remarks\n\n16:30 – 17:30 | Networking Reception\n\n\n*** \nFill the form below to attend the conference.  \n
URL:https://betterfinance.eu/event/integrating-europe-capital-market-conference/
LOCATION:Brussels\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:International Conference
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