This Overview provides a guide to the Financial Services content within the Capital Markets Union subtopic with links to the appropriate materials.
In September 2015, the European Commission published the Action Plan on Building a Capital Markets Union (CMU), which was intended to unify the capital markets across the European Union’s 28 Member States, promote investment and boost growth in the EU, and broaden the range of financing options for growing companies.
The action plan identified key steps to achieve a CMU:
providing more funding choices for businesses and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by:
modernising the EU prospectus regime
launching a package of measures to support venture capital and equity financing
promoting innovative forms of business financing, and
exploring ways to build a pan-European approach to better connect SMEs with different types of funding, including money-lending and donor platforms, peer-to-peer lending, and crowdfunding
ensuring an appropriate regulatory environment for long term investment and financing of Europe's infrastructure
investing for the long term, infrastructure and sustainable investment
increasing investment...
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