Following a call for expression of interest to join a High-Level Forum (HLF) on Capital Markets Union launched by the European Commission in last October, the list of the 28 candidates retained as Members of the Forum were announced yesterday 18th of November.
The aim of this High-Level Forum will consist in feeding into the work on the future CMU policies by proposing recommendations for further actions that will guaranty that European citizens and business have access equally and all over the European Union territory to capital markets.
28 candidates have been selected as members where several represent the asset management industry.
The High-Level Forum will start its work on 26 November 2019 as follows with 3 sub-groups:
- the subgroup on Ecosystem for capital raising with special focus on SMEs will meet on 26 November
- the subgroup on Retail investor participation and diversification of investor base will meet on 27 November
- the subgroup on Pan-European market architecture will meet on 28 November
List of members of the High-Level Forum on capital markets union
| Name | Organisation |
| Maria Luis ALBUQUERQUE (sub-Chair) | Independent expert (formerly Portuguese Minister of Finance) |
| Daiga AUZINA-MELALKSNE | Nasdaq Baltic |
| Romana BELEN | Global Board of Trustees of Digital Future Society |
| Lorenzo BINI SMAGHI | Société Générale |
| Stephane BOUJNAH | Euronext |
| James CHEW | Business Growth Fund |
| Edward COOK | BlackRock |
| Monique GOYENS | BEUC |
| Vittorio GRILLI | JP Morgan Italy |
| David HOWSON | CBOE Europe |
| Ignacio IZQUIERDO | Aviva Group |
| Petr KOBLIC | Prague Stock Exchange, Wiener Boerse, FESE |
| Katja LANGENBUCHER | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Stephan LEITHNER | Deutsche Boerse |
| Eloy LINDEIJER | PGGM Investment management |
| Sylvie MATHERAT | Independent expert (formerly Deutsche Bank, Banque de France) |
| Jean Pierre MUSTIER | UniCredit |
| Sheila NICOLL | Schroeders |
| Daniela PEEVA | Bulgarian Corporate Governance Committee, Investor relations services |
| Guillaume PRACHE | Better Finance |
| Peter PRAET (sub-Chair) | Independent expert (formerly ECB) |
| Alexander SCHINDLER | Union Investment |
| Adam SZYSZKA | Warsaw School of Economics |
| Bruce THOMPSON | Bank of America Meryl Lynch |
| Andreas TREICHL | Erste Group Bank |
| Leonique VAN HOUWELINGEN | BNY Mellon |
| Thomas WIESER (Chair) | Independent expert (formerly Chair of EWG and EFC) |
| David WRIGHT (sub-Chair) | EUROFI, Flint Global |
The second meeting of the 3 subgroups will take place on 10 December.
We will follow up regularly and inform you on its activities.
Source:EC
