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Association for Financial Markets in Europe

Acronym: AFME

General Information

Identification Code: 65110063986-76
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Entity Form: Company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 8/4/2010
Last Update: 3/8/2024
EP Accredited Number: 6

Mission & Interests

Goals: The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) is the voice of all Europe’s wholesale financial markets, providing expertise across a broad range of regulatory and capital markets issues. We represent the leading global and European banks and other significant capital market players. We advocate for deep and integrated European capital markets which serve the needs of companies and investors, supporting economic growth and benefiting society. We aim to act as a bridge between market participants and policy makers across Europe, drawing on our strong and long-standing relationships, our technical knowledge and fact-based work.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Banking and financial services
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Competition
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Single market
  • Taxation
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • global
  • european
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: AFME follows all EU initiatives affecting wholesale financial markets, including: Capital Markets Union; MIFID II/MIFIR review; Listings Act, ESAP, EMIR, bank capital requirements; sustainable finance, climate and environmental risk management, Green Deal, Bank Recovery and Resolution; Crisis Management and Deposit Insurance review; Financial Transactions Tax; withholding tax, other taxation issues; Benchmarks Regulation; Securitisation; European System of Financial Supervision; CRAs; Corporate Governance; Shareholders’ Rights; Central Securities Depositories Regulation, Corporate Insolvency Law Harmonisation, Market Abuse Regulation, Banking Union, EDIS; Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation, the AML/CFT legislative package, establishment of the new AML authority, Innovation and Digital Finance issues (e.g., MiCA, DORA, FiDA, Data and AI Act, Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), implementation of certain emergency energy measures, EU-UK relationship.
Communication Activities: Please refer to our website for details, available at http://www.afme.eu/
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings

Head Office

Address: 10th Floor20 Churchill Place
Post Code: E14 5HJ
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office

Address: Rue de Loi 82
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 34
Members50 Percent: 12
Members75 Percent: 3
Members: 49
Members F T E: 16.75
Info Members: The time spent by our staff on activities covered by the register varies and does not exactly fit the categories above. We have therefore rounded these estimates to the nearest available percentage category.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: A list of our members is available on our website at www.afme.eu/Membership/Members-Directory
Organisation Members: AFME is the European member of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) a global alliance with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) in the US, and the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) in Asia. AFME is also a member of the following: Joint Money Laundering Steering Group, International Council of Securities Associations, European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum, Securities Houses Compliance Officers Group, Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI), European Capital Markets Institute, QED, Paris Europlace, TheCityUK, Women in Banking and Finance, Wirtschaftsrat der CDU, Wirtschaftsforum der SPD.