Invest Europe

Response to the European Commission Consultation on EU Capital Markets

Positions & consultation responses

11 Jun 2025

In this 100-pages response, Invest Europe flagged various concerns regarding the state of EU capital markets, looking at improvements to be made to the AIFM Directive and its implementation in Member States. Notably, the response calls for an increase of the AIFMD threshold, a better recognition of the private equity features, a simplification of the managers' authorisation process across the EU, of pre-marketing requirements as well as depositary rules. It also gives the European Commission insights on the costs of AIFMD in various jurisdictions.