The European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) represents Europe’s leading Principal Trading Firms. Our members are independent market makers and providers of liquidity and risk transfer for markets and end-investors across Europe. FIA EPTA works constructively with policymakers, regulators and other market stakeholders to ensure efficient, resilient and trusted financial markets in Europe.

www.fia.org/epta

Capital Market Denmark is a trade organization for members of regulated markets and others which main activities are related to the Danish securities market. The overall objective of Capital Market Denmark is to promote a sound and competitive capital market in Denmark as well as in the Nordic region, the rest of Europe and internationally. Capital Market Denmark also works to ensure harmonised rules and supervision.

AMF Italia – Italian Association of Financial Markets Intermediaries – represents the interests of Italian financial markets operators vis-à-vis Italian and EU institutions, other associations and any other public or private economic and social organisation. It is one of the pillars of the Italian financial market and a partner for all intermediaries providing investment services in Italy from all parts of the European Union, which it supports through advocacy activities, the processing of financial data and the publication of studies and research. In addition to interacting with national and European institutions within their respective regulatory processes, AMF Italia supports its members by providing regulatory and organisational advice, drafting guidelines and contractual standards and helping to develop best practices, all within the framework of a continuous dialogue with the competent authorities and the members themselves. In order to promote a correct and uniform application of the reference regulatory framework, the association also organises conferences and training activities aimed, among other things, at fostering dialogue between its members, as well as between its members and Italian and EU institutions.
AMF Italia has around 60 members (banks, investment firms, Italian branches of foreign intermediaries and management companies of multilateral trading facilities) active in the primary, secondary and derivatives markets, representing more than 80% of the total volume traded on Italian regulated markets. AMF Italia also includes leading Italian and international law firms, consulting and IT solution development companies and other entities providing services to financial intermediaries.

The Swedish Securities Markets Association (Swedish: Svensk Värdepappersmarknad) was founded on 15th December 1908. The Association has 23 Swedish, Nordic and Global banks, investment banks and investment firms active on the Swedish securities markets as members.

The Association’s mission is to work for sustainable and competitive Swedish securities markets. The Association has more than 50 working groups, where topics relating inter alia to equity-, derivatives- and money markets, investor protection and sustainable finance are discussed.

The Association is also the owner of SwedSec Licensiering which since 2001 is responsible for the licensing of inter alia financial advisors on Swedish financial markets.

Further information can be found on: www.svenskvardepappersmarknad.se