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SUMMARY:Beyond Crypto: Digitalising Assets\, Tokenisation and New Pathways to Retail Investment
DESCRIPTION:Can new digital models lower costs\, widen access and overcome Europe’s persistent barriers to investment?\nDigitalisation is reshaping the way retail investors access financial markets. Looking beyond crypto-assets\, new distribution models\, such as digital investment platforms and crowdfunding\, are emerging alongside underlying technologies such as distributed ledger technology (DLT) and tokenisation. Together\, these developments are opening new pathways to access and digitalise assets that have traditionally been difficult or costly for retail investors to invest in\, including gold\, private markets and other alternative investments. \nTo explore this topic\, BETTER FINANCE in collaboration with CFA Institute is organising an online webinar: \nBeyond Crypto: Digitalising Assets\, Tokenisation and New Pathways to Retail Investment\nDate: 3 November 2026 | Time: 14:30 – 16:10 | Location: Online (Zoom) \nCan these new forms of market access and innovation genuinely deliver on their promise of broader participation\, lower costs and greater market efficiency\, while maintaining high standards of investor protection? The discussion will revisit the objectives of the EU Retail Investment Strategy and the Savings and Investments Union (SIU) agenda in light of recent technological developments. It will explore whether tokenisation and new distribution infrastructures can help overcome Europe’s persistent barriers to investment and address market fragmentation across Europe. \nProgramme\n14:30 – 14:35 | Welcome & Introduction | Why revisit retail investment policy through the lens of tokenisation and digital distribution?\nAleksandra Mączyńska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE \n\n14:35 – 14:50 | Keynote Speech | The Future of Capital Markets: Can Tokenisation Reduce Fragmentation and Expand Retail Participation\nPeter Kerstens\, Adviser\, Digital Finance\, DG FISMA\, European Commission \nKey themes:  \n\nThe European Commission’s vision for tokenised financial markets\nDigital infrastructure and the Capital Markets Union\nLessons from MiCA and the Digital Finance Package\nImplications for the Retail Investment Strategy\nCan tokenisation make cross-border market fragmentation increasingly irrelevant?\n\n\n\n14:50 – 15:55 | Panel Discussion | Digitalisation Beyond Crypto: Wider Retail Access\, Lower Costs\, or New Complexity?\nPanellists: \nJoeri Buiten\, Senior Policy Officer\, ESMA \nBasu Choudhury\, Consultant Market Structure and Innovation\, World Gold Council \n Sven Hildebrandt\, Founder\, Crypto Risk Metrics \nMartin Molko\, Senior Research & Policy Officer\, BETTER FINANCE \nIvona Schoonbrood\, Senior Consultant\, European Crowdfunding Network \nInés Beneyto\, Head of Strategy\, LISE – Representative from the Lightning Stock Exchange \nModerator: Alexander Lehmann\, Director\, Capital Markets Policy EU\, CFA Institute \nKey themes:  \n\nDigital access beyond crypto: what is genuinely new?\nAsset Digitalisation: is tokenisation an incremental improvement or a structural market transformation?\nWhich investment products are most likely to benefit?\n\nCan technology solve Europe’s investment gap?\nLower distribution costs\nFractional ownership\nCross-border access\nGreater competition and investor choice\n\nExpanding access to alternative and private markets\nTokenised gold\nPrivate market investments\nCrowdfunding and digital fundraising\nNew investment opportunities for retail investors\n\nInvestor protection in the digital age\nTransparency and disclosure\nSuitability and appropriateness\nFinancial literacy\nRisks of digital platforms and tokenised products\n\nLooking ahead\nWhich regulatory barriers remain?\nWhat role should policymakers play?\nWhat should the Retail Investment Strategy look like in a tokenised market?\n\n\n\n15:55 – 16:05 | Q&A with audience\n\n16:05 – 16:10 | Closing Remarks\nAlexander Lehmann\, Director\, Capital Markets Policy EU\, CFA Institute \n*** \nMeet the Speakers \nRegister to attend the webinar via the form below \n
URL:https://betterfinance.eu/event/webinar-crypto-tokenisation-retail-investment/
LOCATION:Brussels\, Hesse\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261124T093000
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SUMMARY:Funding Europe's Sovereignty: Governance\, Markets and Power in Transition | International Investors' Conference
DESCRIPTION:How can Europe strengthen corporate governance\, capital markets and shareholder rights at a time of geopolitical and economic transition?\n  \nThat is the question that BETTER FINANCE and its German member organisation\, DSW\, will explore at their upcoming conference: \nFunding Europe’s Sovereignty:\nGovernance\, Markets and Power in Transition\nDate: 24 November 2026 | Time: 09:30 – 18:00 | Location: Kurhaus Wiesbaden \n\nDiscussions will cover: \n\n✅ how capital markets can help finance Europe’s strategic capabilities and support corporate resilience;\n✅ how companies and boards are leading through periods of economic and geopolitical pressure;\n✅ how EU competitiveness policy is reshaping the regulatory agenda from Brussels;\n✅ how shareholder activism functions as a threat\, a catalyst or a governance tool in Europe; and\n✅ how executive compensation is evolving as a governance tool in a period of transition.\n**\n\nProgramme\n\n\n09:30 | Registration\n\n\n\n10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome Speech\n\nChristiane Hölz\, DSW\n\n\n\n10:15 – 10:45 | Opening Speech\n\nThorsten Pötzsch\, BaFin\n\n10:45 – 11:15 | Keynote Speech | Impact Capital for Europe: From Capital Mobilisation to Measurable Resilience\nAndreas Rickert\, Phineo \n\n11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee Break\n\n11:30 – 12:45 | Panel Discussion | Leading Through Digital Disruption: AI\, Governance and Corporate Resilience\n\n\nIntroductory statement: Clemens Häusler\, SAP\nChristina Bannier\, Giessen University\nElke Eller\, Supervisory Board Member and Investor\nClemens Häusler\, SAP\nMarc Tüngler\, DSW\nModerator: Angelika Huber-Strasser\, Audit Committee Institute \n\n\n\n12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch Break\n\n\n\n14:00 – 15:00 | Panel Discussion | News from Brussels – Competitiveness as the Game Changer?\n\n\nGuillaume Prache\, President\, BETTER FINANCE\nVirginie Saade\, Citadel\nNikolaus Sutter\, Deutsche Börse\nEvert van Walsum\, ESMA\nModerator: Klaus von der Linden\, Linklaters \n\n15:00 – 15:15 | Keynote Speech\nDan Dionisie\, Head of Company Law\, European Commission\, DG Just \n\n\n\n15:15 – 16:15 | Panel Discussion | Shareholder Activism in Europe: Threat or Catalyst?\n\nDavid Kovel\, Kirby McInerney LLP\nTill Hufnagel\, Sput Value Partners\nAleksandra Mączyńska\, BETTER FINANCE\nModerator: Andreas Posavac\, Embera Partners\n\n\n\n16:15 – 16:30 | Coffee Break\n\n\n\n16:30 – 17:45 | Panel Discussion | Pay\, Power & Performance: Executive Compensation as a Governance Tool in Transition\n\nKatryna Krueger\, ISS STOXX\nIngo Speich\, DEKA\nChristiane Hölz\, DSW\nModerator: Christof Schwab\, Computershare\n\n\n\n17:45 – 18:00 | Closing Remarks\n\nAleksandra Mączyńska\, BETTER FINANCE\n\n\n\n18:00 – 19:00 | Reception\n\n**\n\nRegister Here\n
URL:https://betterfinance.eu/event/europe-sovereign-capital-governance-markets/
LOCATION:Wiesbaden\, Wiesbaden\, Hesse\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261126T033000
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SUMMARY:From Retirement Savings to Investment and Growth | European Retirement Week 2026
DESCRIPTION:Europe holds vast private savings\, yet too little is channelled into long-term productive investment. As the Savings and Investment Union (SIU) takes shape\, pensions and retail savings sit at the centre of the debate: how can Europe better connect household capital to long-term growth while improving retirement outcomes for citizens? \nThis issue will be at the centre of the upcoming joint BETTER FINANCE and FESE conference during European Retirement Week 2026: \nFrom Retirement Savings to Investment and Growth\nDate: 26 November 2026 | Time: 15:30 – 19:00 CET | Location: University Foundation\, Rue d’Egmont 11\, Brussels \nThis conference is being organised as part of the European Retirement Week 2026. We will discuss how pension systems and capital markets can work together under the SIU\, and what reforms are needed to create a more trusted\, scalable\, and efficient ecosystem. \nProgramme\n 15:30 – 16:00 | Welcome & Registrations\n\n16:00 – 16:05 | Convention opening\nRosa Armesto\, Director General\, FESE \n\n16:05 – 16:20 | Keynote Speech\nChristina Dias\, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Albuquerque \n\n16:20 – 16:30 | Presentation | BETTER FINANCE Report on Pension Savings\nAleksandra Mączyńska\, Managing Director\, BETTER FINANCE \n\n16:30 – 17:30 | Panel Discussion | The Future of Retirement Savings in Europe: Can the SIU Deliver Better Outcomes?\nThis panel will explore how pension systems\, institutional investors\, and EU policy can work together to transform fragmented savings into a coherent long-term investment strategy. It will examine the role of occupational and private pensions in mobilising capital markets\, the barriers that still prevent deeper participation by savers\, and the policy reforms needed to build trust\, scale\, and cross-border efficiency. The discussion will also address how institutional investors and regulators can ensure that the SIU delivers not only more investment\, but better outcomes for citizens in terms of retirement security\, value for money\, and access to capital markets growth. \nSpeakers: \n\nMaria del Carmen Barrera Chamorro\, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)\, Workers’ Group (Group II)\, Rapporteur on supplementary pensions \nAndrea Beltramello\, Head of Unit Savings and Investments Union at the European Commission\, DG FISMA\nValérie Mariatte-Wood\, Head of the Consumer Protection Department\, EIOPA\nArnaud Misset\, Chief Digital Officer. Crédit Agricole\n\nModerator: Sébastien Commain\, Senior Policy and Research Officer\, BETTER FINANCE \n\n\n\n17:30 – 17:45 | Closing Remarks\n\nDelphine d’Amarzit\, Vice President\, FESE; Chairman and CEO\, Euronext Paris & Member of the Managing Board\, Euronext\n\n\n17:45 – 19:00 | Networking Reception\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n
URL:https://betterfinance.eu/event/erw26-retirement-savings-investment-growth/
LOCATION:Brussels\, Hesse\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:Conference
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