Events

Eurozone sovereign bond markets are in the eye of the storm. High borrowing costs and a fragmented sovereign issuances in Europe may be overcome in the future if fiscal consolidation and structural reforms deliver economic growth and greater integration by filling gaps in competitiveness among member states.

The task force on commodities price formation held its sixth and last meeting on market and regulatory issues on 10 February 2012.

The MiFID Conference by the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) will look at the recent MiFID proposals, providing a forum where banks, investment companies and others who will be impacted by the revisions can discuss the possible implications of the reforms.

ECMI had the pleasure to contribute as knowledge partner and moderate this conference organised by QED. MiFID, the centrepiece of the legislation governing the EU's financial markets is currently undergoing a major review.

On 20 January 2012, leading commodity experts met again in Brussels to discuss on this occasion agricultural commodities —and in particular the role of market infrastructure in allowing greater market access to small producers in the last decade.

The ECMI and CEPS Task Force on commodities price formation discussed, on December 9th, recent developments in global markets for raw materials and base metals commodities.

Amidst all the alarm bells ringing around ETFs, how can you tell fact from fiction? In this complimentary, one-hour webinar we will attempt to provide a balanced perspective of the key risks incurred when investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

After months of discussions, the European Commission officially released the draft level 1 text of the new Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and Regulation (MiFIR) on October 20th.

"Investment banks can save funding costs by running synthetic exchange traded funds that use derivatives to track indices, according to the BIS.