EU Eyes Boost to Pensions, Crypto Oversight Before 2026
The European Union is preparing a year-end push to expand pension savings and tighten oversight of markets, with plans that could hand its Paris watchdog new authority over crypto firms.
Speaking at the Eurofi Forum in Copenhagen on Thursday, Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque said the package will cover pension auto-enrolment, tax incentives for savings, and steps to cut cross-border barriers in trading, alongside a debate over shifting key supervisory powers to the European Securities and Markets Authority.
“We are looking at possible centralized supervision of certain market infrastructures, such as central counterparties, central securities depositories, and trading venues,” Albuquerque said during…
