The APA Association, APAA, represents common APA interests on regulations and laws impacting APA businesses in the EU and UK and the associated supervisory framework to ensure efficient dialogue with regulatory policymakers. The APAA focuses on developing and supporting the adoption of best practices with the common aim of improving industry data quality. The APAA aims to assist authorities and regulators with advice on practicalities related to implementing laws and rules, bearing in mind the practicalities of the data sets involved. Its six members are affiliates of Bloomberg, Cboe Europe, London Stock Exchange, MarketAxess, Nasdaq Nordic and Tradeweb Markets.

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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 Bundesverband der Wertpapierfirmen e.V. (bwf) was founded in September 2003, under the then name Bundesverband der Wertpapierfirmen an den deutschen Börsen e.V., on the initiative of the previous federal associations of price brokers/financial intermediaries on the one hand and investment trading firms on the other. Since January 2004, it has continued the business of the previous federal associations. The aim of the new foundation was to create a uniform representation of the interests of German investment firms (which have also been referred to as securities institutions in the local legal framework since 2021).

The purpose of the association is to safeguard and promote the common professional interests of investment firms/institutions. The bwf represents the interests of the industry in the context of upcoming national and European regulatory, legislative and subordinate regulatory projects in the field of financial services and capital market law.

In doing so, the bwf seeks ongoing dialogue with the legislative bodies, the supervisory authorities, other banking and financial associations, the interested public and the various institutions of stock exchange and securities trading at national, European and global level.

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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