The European Central Bank launched a public consultation in December 2007 on the implementation of Target 2 Securities (T2S), a proposed platform for the cross-border and domestic settlement of securities against central bank money.

The European Forum of Securities Associations (EFSA) was launched in January 2007 by AFEI, ASSOSSIM ( Italy ), LIBA (UK) and SSDA ( Sweden ) as a forum to address common issues affecting financial market participants throughout Europe .

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is holding its 33rd annual conference in Paris from 26 to 29 May 2008.

AFEI responded to an AMF consultation last autumn on a proposal to open a segment of the regulated market reserved for professional investors (AFEI / 07-51). Despite supporting the proposal wholeheartedly from the outset, AFEI noted that it highlighted some constraints inherent in the French system of public offerings of securities. In light of the context created by the Prospectus Directive, these restrictions are distorting competition to the detriment of French issuers.