Euro Area: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation-Technical Note on Capital Markets Union-Implications for Supervision and Institutional Arrangements

International Monetary Fund

No 2025/214, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Technical Note on the Capital Markets Union underscores the European Union’s (EU) renewed push to deepen and integrate its capital markets. Fragmentation in the euro area (EA) is largely due to national differences in securities, corporate, tax, and pensions laws. Over the past decade, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has evolved, taking direct supervision of market players whose risks stem from conduct rather than prudential significance. ESMA should articulate its future risk tolerance and resource allocation for this supervision. Initially, as a young authority, ESMA maintained a low risk tolerance. To enhance retail investor participation, effective investor protection must be ensured across the EA. Currently, key safeguards for client assets, including in insolvency cases, are left to national authorities. The adequacy of these legal protections and the extent to which supervisors enforce them need careful examination to ensure robust and harmonized investor protection.

Keywords: CMU initiative; D. CMU; FSAP finding; EU Member State equity markets; A. EU; EA capital markets; Capital markets; Financial sector stability; Financial Sector Assessment Program; Asset management; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31
Date: 2025-07-25
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