On Monday 23 October, Verena Ross, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), gave an update to the members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) on the supervisory authority’s current and future priorities. While work remains to be done on the implementation of certain texts, the emphasis will be on the retail investment strategy, which must contribute to the completion of the capital markets union.
“It is essential that...