Policy Focused Debate

📅 14 May 2025

🕔 From 11:00 to 12:30 (registration and welcome coffee at 10:30)

📍 European Parliament

Context

The European financial sector is undergoing significant transformation, shaped by a combination of regulatory evolution, market shifts, and technological advancements. Policymakers and financial institutions are navigating an environment where regulatory frameworks are becoming increasingly complex, driven by the need for financial stability, risk mitigation, and alignment with broader economic and sustainability goals. At the same time, market dynamics are changing due to economic uncertainties, geopolitical tensions, and shifts in global capital flows. 

Financial institutions must balance the pursuit of competitiveness and innovation with the imperative of regulatory compliance and risk management. Technology is playing a central role in this transformation, with digitalization, fintech developments, and new financial instruments reshaping traditional business models. However, these innovations also bring challenges, particularly in areas such as cybersecurity, data governance, and regulatory adaptation. 

In response to these factors, there is a growing emphasis on fostering a more resilient, competitive, and sustainable financial ecosystem. Strategic discussions focus on ensuring that regulatory policies do not hinder innovation while maintaining the integrity and stability of financial markets. The sector’s ability to adapt to these evolving dynamics will be crucial in determining its long-term trajectory within the global financial landscape.

Points for discussion

There has already been a shift in thinking across the globe about how to drive growth. In Europe this manifests in core questions on which policymakers and private actors can explore in the EPFSF dialogue:

• How to shift from regulation to investment?
• How to ensure European financial flows lead to more investments in Europe?
• How to provide European households with better investment opportunities in high-growth European companies?

Program and guests

11:00 Welcoming remarks by Tanguy van de Werve, Vice Chair of EPFSF Board of Directors and Director General at EFAMA

11:05 Introductory remarks by Isabel Benjumea, Co-Chair of EPFSF Steering Committee and Member of the European Parliament

11:15 Keynote by Aurore Lalucq, Member of the European Parliament

11:25 Panel debate

• Isabel Benjumea, Co-Chair of EPFSF Steering Committee and Member of the European Parliament
• Rosa Armesto, Director General, Federation of European Securities Exchanges
• Stéphane Giordano, Public Affairs Deputy Director, Société Générale
• Thea Utoft Høj Jensen, Director General, Insurance Europe

Moderated by Tanguy van de Werve, Vice Chair of EPFSF Board of Directors and Director General at EFAMA

12:00 Q&A session

12:15 Final reactions

12:25 Thank you remarks by Tanguy van de Werve, Vice Chair of EPFSF Board of Directors and Director General at EFAMA

Don't miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation. We look forward to welcoming you!

This event is reserved for EPFSF members and EU institutions staff. For more information and registration, contact us at secretariat@epfsf.org