Objective
This
summer course will provide a compact overview of the regulation and
supervision of financial markets in the European Union. Participants
will learn about the main challenges faced and the approaches adopted by
EU financial regulators and supervisors.
Key topics
- Overview of EU financial regulation and supervision
- EU financial lawmaking
- The European supervisory architecture (EBA, ESMA & EIOPA), the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) and the role of the ECB
- Basel Capital Accords and the CRD/CRR bank capital adequacy requirements
- Bank crisis management: Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM), bank resolution and insolvency
- MiFID II/MiFIR and financial services regulation
- Market abuse regime, MAD/MAR
- Market transparency, prospectus requirements
- Climate finance: sustainable investments, ESG disclosure, green bonds, climate taxonomy
- Payments and securities settlement (SFD, PSD2, SISR, CSDR)
- FinTech, RegTech, SupTech, AI, cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets
Who should attend?
The course is
aimed at legal practitioners seeking a comprehensive introduction to
the regulation and supervision of financial markets in the EU, including
national regulators/supervisors, in-house lawyers at credit
institutions, investment firms, fund managers, depositaries, payments
systems providers and other related financial institutions, and lawyers
in private practice.
Interactive Online Course
The summer course will be hosted on ERA’s
own online training platform. You will be able to interact immediately
and directly with our top-quality speakers and other participants, break
out into working groups and work collaboratively on case studies. We
will make the most of the technical tools available to deliver an
intensive, interactive training experience. As the platform is hosted on
our own server, the highest security settings will be applied to ensure
that you can participate safely in a high-quality training environment.