AFME - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/markets

Afme publishes roadmap for scaling DLT-based capital markets

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) today published roadmaps for “Scaling Capital Markets based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)” focused on European Sovereign, Supranational and Public Agency (SSA) bond issuers and EU and UK policymakers and regulators.

05 August 2024

Company announcement/regulation

Afme outlines digital finance priorities for the new EU policy cycle

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) today published a report titled “Digital Finance in the EU – Priorities for fostering resilient, innovative and competitive financial markets”, presenting its recommendations for supporting the development of capital markets and increased access to finance for the real economy through new technologies.

01 August 2024

Company announcement/crypto

AFME expresses alarm over proposed custody rules for crypto assets

Commenting on the UK FCA and Bank of England consultations on the regulatory approach to stablecoins, which close today, James Kemp, Managing Director of Technology and Operations at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), said:

06 February 2024

Company announcement/regulation

Afme calls for changes to EU Open Finance proposals

AFME has responded to the European Commission’s consultation on a legislative proposal to open up access to financial data (FIDA proposal).

02 November 2023

Company announcement/markets

AFME welcomes Esma Call for Evidence on shortening settlement cycles

In response to a Call for Evidence on shortening settlement cycles in the EU, published by ESMA today, Pete Tomlison, Director of Post Trade at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), said:

05 October 2023

News/sustainable

AFME outlines concerns in upcoming CS3D regulation in paper

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) released a report this week on the outstanding concerns within the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D).

07 July 2023

Company announcement/sustainable

AFME and EY highlight growing investor demand for nature-related finance

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and EY have today published a new report “Into the Wild: Why Nature May be the Next Frontier for Capital Markets”.

30 November 2022

News/cloud

Tough Cloud rules will stifle bank uptake - Afme

European capital market participants are calling on supervisory authorities to remove regulatory barriers to cloud adoption, arguing that broad-brush diktats on portability and multi-cloud strategies would present significant challenges to implementation by financial firms.

23 September 2021

Company announcement/sustainable

Afme report reveals 58% increase of the European ESG market in 2020

AFME is launching today its first European ESG Finance quarterly data report, with figures revealing the scale of growth of the rapidly growing Sustainable Finance market in Europe.

04 March 2021

News/sustainable

AFME: ‘Financial materiality is not sustainable finance’s end goal’

In conversation with Richard Peers for Finextra TV, Tonia Plakhotniuk, associate director, policy (sustainable finance & financial reporting) at the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) traverses a number of predications we can expect to see around sustainable finance in 2021.

25 January 2021

Company announcement/regulation

Afme calls for the EU to help unlock the potential of new technologies for European capital markets

In a paper published today, AFME outlines the regulatory framework needed to support banks as they adopt new technologies such as crypto-assets, artificial intelligence and cloud computing, harness the value from data, and address the challenges of cybersecurity and operational resilience.

15 September 2020

News/sustainable

AFME: Support banks in reducing investment in high carbon emitting sectors, don’t punish them

In light of the European Commission’s call for comment on the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) posited that the cornerstone of future policies should be transition in the real economy – non-financial sectors – and banks should encourage and support them to reflect on uptake, effectiveness and identify issues and gaps in their current approach.

05 August 2020