EU Retail Financial Market Integration: Mirage or Reality?

ECRI Policy Brief No. 3

13 Pages Posted: 9 Feb 2012

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Karel Lannoo

Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels

Date Written: June 3, 2008

Abstract

This paper starts with a bird’s eye view of retail financial markets in the EU today and their degree of integration. It reviews the EU measures affecting retail financial markets and how rule-making has evolved over the last 15 years. A third section discusses issues raised by EU rule-making in retail financial markets and concludes with recommendations for policy.

Keywords: retail financial markets, EU, integration, rule-making

Suggested Citation

Lannoo, Karel, EU Retail Financial Market Integration: Mirage or Reality? (June 3, 2008). ECRI Policy Brief No. 3, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2001330 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2001330

Karel Lannoo (Contact Author)

Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels ( email )