Can European Capital Markets Change Fast Enough to Escape the US and China Squeeze/crush?
Europe is increasingly aware it needs to compete economically and harness its successes in this age of realpolitik. Growing economically is intimately linked to the state of the continent's capital markets. The twin juggernauts of the US and China have advantages, sometimes used as cudgels, in the form of innovation, lighter regulation, investing heft and tariffs.
Europe knows it must reform to keep up but the continent has been slow in enacting change to boost investment and prosperity. London's fall down the global IPO rankings has been particularly stark - it has gone from the largest markets for IPOs outside China and the US to ranking below Oman. Big British companies such as ARM have chosen to list in New York rather than London.
And so calls for action are growing ever louder, including for a pan-European stock exchange, even as this autumn could see a jump in European IPOs.
In this panel, we will discuss the state of European capital markets and reforms, IPOs and the role of private markets.
Will Europe continue being squeezed or is there a case for the continent closing the gap with its global rivals?
Europe knows it must reform to keep up but the continent has been slow in enacting change to boost investment and prosperity. London's fall down the global IPO rankings has been particularly stark - it has gone from the largest markets for IPOs outside China and the US to ranking below Oman. Big British companies such as ARM have chosen to list in New York rather than London.
And so calls for action are growing ever louder, including for a pan-European stock exchange, even as this autumn could see a jump in European IPOs.
In this panel, we will discuss the state of European capital markets and reforms, IPOs and the role of private markets.
Will Europe continue being squeezed or is there a case for the continent closing the gap with its global rivals?
Speakers
Caroline Hepker
Anchor
Bloomberg
Caroline Hepker anchors Bloomberg Radio’s “Daybreak Europe” program, on-air live from 6-10am weekday mornings. Caroline launched the program in 2015 with a new team in London who have now taken the program onto London DAB digital radio in the UK. Prior to joining Bloomberg in 2015, Caroline spent 15 years at the British Broadcasting Corporation as a Business Presenter and Reporter for BBC TV, radio and online.