Activities of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2015/2106(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Stocktaking and challenges of the EU Financial Services Regulation: Impact and the way forward towards a more efficient and effective EU framework for Financial Regulation and a Capital Markets Union
Amendments (3)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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1. Welcomes the opening of the consultation on the Capital Markets Union, and underlines the need to learn lessons from the crises in order to enhance market stability and facilitate non-bank financing of the economy; believes that this initiative, by widening access to funding and unlocking investment, can be an important tool to get Europe back on track for economic growth; stresses that it should devote particular attention to encouraging investment in equities, to developing the financial ecosystem and to providing education in entrepreneurship and financial literacy;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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2. Stresses the need to take into account the wider global context; calls for a set of measures to improve the investment climate and to encourage retail and institutional investments, attracting capital flows into the EU and restoring the international competitiveness of the Union;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
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4. Welcomes the launch of consultations on the review of the Prospectus Directive and the efforts being made to remove regulatory barriers to access to securitisation and to free up banks' balance sheets in order to make it possible to lend funds; underlines, in particular, the need to open up financial markets to SMEs; feels that attention should first of all be focused on encouraging high- quality securitisation and improving credit information; supports broadening the funding options available for SMEs; calls for improved access to long-term financing and for the development of a pan-European private placement market promoting venture capital, as well as alternative instruments such as peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding;