Past Event
Building back greener: sustainable finance and the Green Deal
How could additional regulation incentivise investment while upholding the integrity of sustainable finance?
Past Event
How could additional regulation incentivise investment while upholding the integrity of sustainable finance?
Past Event
At this event we will discuss what sources of equity finance can help Europe emerge from the recession.
Blog Post
Europe has a heavily bank-based financial structure, but bank-based financial structures are associated with higher systemic risk than market-based financial structures. The higher level of systemic risk in Europe suggests caution when pursuing policies that stimulate risk taking and debt creation by banks, especially in the wake of COVID-19. Priority should be given to financial diversification and equity finance.
Opinion
It’s time for the EU to make quick and indispensable progress in forming a capital markets union.
Blog Post
The incoming Commission President has put support for SMEs at the centre of her economic programme. A public-private fund investing in initial public offerings should be carefully targeted, primarily at small firms with risky projects. The announced SME strategy and further measures under the Capital Markets Union programme should address numerous other barriers to both public and private equity finance.
Policy Contribution
Facilitating the financing of European companies through external equity is a central ambition of European Union financial regulation, including in the European Commission’s capital markets union agenda. Against this background, the authors examine the present use of external equity by EU companies, the roles of listings on public markets, and the regulatory impediments in national laws. They assess to what extent EU market integration has overcome the crucial obstacle of shallow local capital markets.
