Competitiveness

To remain competitive and at the forefront of innovation, Europe must be open to cross-border flows of knowledge, ideas, capital and investment. The benefit in doing so ultimately accrues to European citizens and businesses.

Europe rightly strives for high regulatory standards. That said, EFAMA strongly believes our rules need to be well calibrated, so Europe can partake in global competition on a level playing field. Our policy work consistently advocates for a dynamic regulatory environment, which enables European financial markets to remain globally competitive.

European Commission’s ambitious market integration package addresses many barriers to the Savings & Investment Union

EFAMA supports the majority of measures but warns against new ESMA supervisory reviews for large asset managers

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Exchange-traded Funds

Money Market Funds

UCITS

AIFMD

Statistics

04 December 2025

Record levels of assets under management in Europe driven by strong equity market performance

New report shows that European asset management shifted towards retail and foreign clients, passive investing, and equity markets

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Competitiveness

Pensions

20 November 2025

European Commission’s package on supplementary pensions – a key initiative towards closing the pensions gap and boosting EU capital markets

Today, the European Commission unveiled its package on supplementary pensions, focusing on closing the pensions gap and enhancing retirement adequacy for Europe’s citizens. This initiative is a key component of the Savings and Investments Union, reflecting the European Commission's firm commitment to helping individuals build financial security for their retirement.

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17 September 2019

Asset Management Report 2019

The EFAMA Asset Management in Europe report aims at providing facts and figures to gain a better understanding of the role of the European asset management industry. It takes a different approach from that of the other EFAMA research reports, on two grounds. Firstly, this report does not focus exclusively on investment funds, but it also analyses the assets that are managed by asset managers under the form of discretionary mandates. Secondly, the report focuses on the countries where the investment fund assets are managed rather than on the countries in which the funds are domiciled.

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EU Fund regulation

24 February 2019

Ownership of Investment Funds in Europe

The report provides a wealth of facts and figures on the evolution of holdings of financial assets and investment funds among European investors in recent years. It aims to answer three main questions:

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