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On 23 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Call for Evidence on the simplification of financial transaction reporting. The Call for Evidence comes as part of a mandate provided to ESMA to assess the feasibility of more integration in transaction reporting and the streamlining of data flows

AIFMD 2: Quick guide to Member State activity

On 26 March 2024, the final legislative text of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2 (AIFMD 2) was published in the Official Journal of the EU. The publication marked the conclusion of the AIFMD Review process that formally began in 2020. AIFMD 2 amends

CRD VI: Quick guide to Member State activity

On 27 October 2021, the European Commission adopted a Banking Package which set out proposed amendments to EU banking rules contained in the Capital Requirements Regulation and the Capital Requirements Directive IV. The main purpose of the amendments was to implement the outstanding elements of the Basel

On 17 June 2025, the European Commission (Commission) published a legislative package on the review of the securitisation framework in the EU.

Background

The current EU securitisation framework consists of the Securitisation Regulation, which sets out a general framework for all securitisations in the EU and a specific framework for simple, transparent

On 15 April 2025, the European Commission (Commission) launched a targeted consultation on the integration of European Union (EU) capital markets. The aim of the consultation is to collect feedback on obstacles to financial market integration across the EU and it is part of the Savings and Investments Union (SIU

The European Commission (Commission) has published its work programme for 2025. The work programme consists of a communication discussing the Commission’s main plans and priorities and is accompanied by an Annex listing new initiatives and their expected timings, as well as initiatives the Commission intends to withdraw.

The communication emphasises that the

The European Commission (Commission) has published its Competitiveness Compass (Compass). The Compass is a policy document that describes the overall Commission policy on increasing the EU’s competitiveness over the coming five-year term. The Compass comes as a response to the reports published by Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, which both warned

Introduction

2025 will mark a fresh start in the EU as the new European Commission (Commission), which has been in place since 1 December 2024, will begin its work. Although the new Commission’s work programme for 2025 will not be published until 11 February 2025, there are a number of new initiatives within

Introduction

Following a process that took nearly six months and started with the June 2024 European Parliament elections, the new European Commission (Commission) started its five-year term on 1 December 2024. The EU institutions have spent the previous month selecting, vetting, hearing, and voting on the new College of Commissioners, which consists of