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2025-09-19 00:44:58
EU officials are working to revive capital markets, setting year-end targets to boost pension investment. EU officials have set a year-end deadline to boost pension investment and simplify transactions, as they work to revive Europe's capital markets. These plans were unveiled Thursday by EU Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luis Albuquerque. She also announced that the European Commission is considering granting direct supervisory authority to its top markets regulator, the Paris-based European Securities and Markets Authority. "The goal is to remove cross-border barriers, reduce administrative costs, and simplify rules," Albuquerque said at a conference in Copenhagen. Albuquerque stated that with the transfer of regulatory authority to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the Commission will consider the feasibility of centralized oversight of specific market infrastructures, such as central counterparties, central securities depositories, and trading venues. She added that emerging sectors such as cryptoasset service providers would also benefit from more centralized oversight, noting that such a move would not marginalize national regulators.
