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The Investment Management Forum, EFAMA’s flagship event, returns again for its 32nd year. Taking place on the 19 & 20 November 2026, in person, at the Chancellerie Auditorium of BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels.
This event provided a premier platform for industry professionals, policymakers, regulators, and supervisors to meet, discuss, and debate the challenges and opportunities ahead.
Registration will open soon!
Below you can find the IMF 2025 video and picture highlights.
You can view more from the previous edition by visiting our 2024 webpage.
Take a look at some highlight photographs from this year’s event.
You can view further post event materials by clicking the button below.
Navigating Current Geopolitical Complexities
You can download a PDF version of the agenda here
Registration and Networking Lunch
Welcome remarks
Keynote speech
CEO Panel
Fireside Chat - International Agenda
Networking Break
Savings and Investments Union – A game-changer for retail investors and for European capital markets?
Delivering an accessible, inclusive, and integrated Savings and Investments Union will require a coordinated approach across a broad range of policy areas. This panel will explore how initiatives such as the European blueprint for Savings and Investment Accounts, a renewed focus on pensions, as well as broader efforts to simplify the investor’s journey and improve financial literacy, can help foster a stronger investment culture, empowering individuals to invest with more confidence.
Keynote speech
Consolidation, Scale and Competitiveness: which policies will power the next phase of growth for the EU’s capital markets?
This panel will discuss the state of EU capital markets from a global competitiveness, investor access, and capital formation perspective. Competitiveness is achieved through market forces, but are there remaining regulatory barriers in the Single Market that impede scale and perpetuate fragmentation? Or is the focus better placed on market structure rules to encourage greater transparency, market efficiencies and value for the end-investor? The EC’s 2025 Savings & Investments Union Action Plan reviews the regulatory framework governing trading and post-trading infrastructures. Panelists will guide us through the proposed reforms and provide their unique perspective as participants in European capital markets.
Cocktail Reception for all participants
Welcome Coffee
Welcome Day 2
Keynote Speech
The Sustainability Sweet Spot: Balancing Business, Data and Corporate Responsibility?
This panel will discuss the European Commission’s recent Omnibus proposal, which aims to simplify sustainability reporting. Experts will address the critical challenge of ensuring that these simplifications enhance competitiveness while still enabling asset management to contribute to long-term climate and environmental goals. The session will explore how to strike the right balance between fostering innovation and understanding the implications of these changes for the broader EU sustainable finance framework.
Networking Break
Presentation on Tokenisation
Better regulation and supervision: how to improve the EU’s decision-making process?
This panel will discuss the structural inefficiencies, lack of agility, and overlapping mandates that often hamper the EU’s financial regulatory and supervisory framework. Despite good intentions, the decision-making process in Brussels is frequently criticized for being too slow, complex, and unresponsive to market realities. Panelists will explore how to strike the right balance between political oversight, technical expertise, and industry input, while ensuring better coordination among EU institutions, national regulators, and supervisory bodies. The session will also examine how to streamline legislative processes, improve the quality and impact assessments of new rules, and create a regulatory environment that fosters innovation, competitiveness, and investor trust.
Financing the Green Transition: are we hitting the mark?
Is the fund industry mobilising enough private capital for sustainable development? The panel will discuss its role in the green transition, with a particular focus on new and innovative financing solutions, such as blended finance and impact investing. The panel aims to understand whether our industry’s efforts are sufficient vis-à-vis diverging global policy actions and current geopolitical challenges
Concluding Remarks
Networking Lunch
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