Capital Markets
A CFA Institute survey examines investor views on SpaceX’s governance, founder control, and index inclusion. The results urge regulators, exchanges, and index providers to protect corporate accountability and public shareholder rights in IPOs.
Fragmented digital-money systems threaten monetary fungibility. Regulators, issuers, market infrastructures, and investors can preserve it through stronger interoperability, disclosure, redemption safeguards, and clear settlement rules.
This blog explains why CFA Institute opposes broadly weakening public-market safeguards, examines the risks of easing Form S-3 requirements, and recommends a separate US venture market that expands access while protecting investors.
The SEC’s filer-status proposal would expand reporting exemptions to many more public companies, including large IPOs. This blog explains how investors should assess whether lower costs justify reduced disclosure, auditor assurance, and shareholder accountability for investors.
India’s finfluencer market is growing rapidly. CFA Institute research highlights regulatory gaps and recommends stronger disclosures, oversight, and investor protections.
A new report calls for simpler, more agile EU financial sector regulation to strengthen capital markets, reduce fragmentation, support innovation, and improve investor protection.
Europe’s startups thrive, but their subsequent scaleups do not. The lack of late-stage venture capital alongside regulatory barriers and fragmented markets push firms abroad. Targeted reforms could unlock funding and keep innovation growing at home.
European public equity markets are struggling with weak IPOs and listings. The EU is exploring private capital exchanges, inspired by the UK’s PISCES model, to improve access to growth capital and investor exits.
Retail investors in India’s derivatives market face heavy losses amid rising speculation, finfluencer advice risks, and increased regulatory scrutiny. CFA Institute urges stronger oversight, education, and focus on market integrity.
How Solvency II reforms may reshape EU insurers’ capital use, freeing funds for long-term investment while testing supervisory resilience.
Explore insights on UK crypto regulation, market structure, investor protections, and CFA Institute’s policy recommendations for a safer digital future.
EU reforms aim to revive securitization markets—explore how regulatory changes could unlock capital and reshape Europe’s financial system.
Europe’s capital markets are at a critical inflection point. With more than €11 trillion in household savings largely parked in low-yield, liquid assets, the European Union is pushing to redirect this capital toward more productive, capital market… READ MORE ›
CFA Institute and CFA Society Hong Kong respond to HKEX’s IPO reform proposals, highlighting key risks and opportunities for market transparency and fairness.
Learn how market volatility can distort carbon metric comparisons over time, complicate medium-term target setting, and create additional reporting challenges.