Debate papers
Transition plans: ensuring their comparability, credibility and effectiveness to accelerate the low carbon transition
This debate paper provides recommendations to policy makers, at national, European, and international level, as they incorporate the concept of transition plans into the climate-related regulatory framework. While transition plans are increasingly recognised as an essential tool in the transformation towards a low-carbon socio-economic system, lack of global harmonisation about their…
The Council’s position on Payment For Order Flow, a territorial approach instead of the Capital Markets Union – How did we get here, what is the way out? - MAY 2023
This Debate paper was drafted under the responsibility of Robert Ophèle, President of the Advisory Committee for Debate Papers of the AEFR. This Debate Paper investigates a paradox: as part of the MiFIR review, a file that is instrumental to the building of the long-awaited Capital Market Union, one of the compromises explored to bridge a contentious issue (to curb or not to curb the practice of…
A retail CBDC in Europe: the current situation and challenges - APRIL 2023
By François-Régis Benois, chair of the working group, director of public affairs - La Banque Postale and Louis Bertucci, rapporteur, scientific coordinator of the Finance and Insurance Reloaded (FaIR) program – Institut Louis Bachelier The monetary and payment environment is swiftly evolving, and most central banks are exploring the concept of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) as a…
Insurability of large emerging risks - January 2023
Author: Olivier Lopez Professor at Sorbonne University, Director of the Institute of Statistics of Sorbonne Université (ISUP) This Debate Paper discusses how to take up the challenges triggered by the emergence and proliferation of large risks, which, if not properly mutualized, will undermine the social links that are fundamental to our society. To put together efficient risk transfer…
Sustainability information and financial market efficiency - January 2023
By Fabrice Demarigny, Member of the AEFR Board, Partner and Global head of Financial Markets at Mazars This Debate Paper highlights key challenges for appropriate implementation of the new EU sustainability reporting framework and how disclosure of reliable and comparable sustainability information might contribute to efficient capital allocation. To reach these objectives, the following urgent…