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ESMA Newsletter "Spotlight on Markets" is your one-stop-shop information source in the world of financial markets. ESMA will bring together at the end of every month proposals and pieces of advice to the European Commission, key reports, Q&A updates, joint statements with the other European Supervisory Authorities, upcoming speaking apparencies and current vacancies to give our stakeholders a full overview of our activities. 

Newsletter January and February 2025

January and February 2025 issue

Your one-stop-shop in the world of EU financial markets focused in January and February on the ESMA Conference “Shaping the future of EU capital markets”. We welcomed 300 participants in person – and around 3700 online – at the event in Paris on 5 February 2025. The discussions focused on concrete ideas to make the Savings and Investments Union a reality, addressing the funding gap, and fostering a culture of retail investment.

ESMA also decided how to best contribute to efficient simplification and burden reduction actions, while preserving the main objectives of financial stability, orderly markets and investor protection.   

In addition, we came forward with the first risk monitoring report of 2025, setting out the key risk drivers currently facing EU financial markets. ESMA found that overall risks in EU securities markets are high, and market participants should be wary of potential market corrections.

ESMA, the European Commission and the European Central bank launched a new governance structure to support the transition to the T+1 settlement cycle in the European Union. The key elements of the new governance model include an Industry Committee (chaired by Giovanni Sabatini), several technical workstreams, and a Coordination Committee.

We also published the report on costs and performance of EU retail investment products, showing a decline in the costs of investing in key financial products.

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