History of the European Capital Markets Institute

The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies, the Federation of European Securities Exchanges and the International Capital Market Association jointly founded the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) as an independent, non-profit policy research institute in October 1993 in Madrid, Spain. ECMI was created to stimulate the debate and to produce high-quality research on European capital markets.

ECMI’s membership base comprises financial services firms, stock exchanges, regulatory bodies and university institutes.

Since January 2006, the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) - a highly reputed, independent think tank based in Brussels - has managed ECMI’s activities and research programme. ECMI's legal entity and budget have been transferred to Brussels, Belgium.