Association for Financial Markets in Europe
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) is a European lobby organization for market-leading companies in the financial sector, based in London. Numerous major European and international banks, insurance companies and financial institutions are affiliated with it, including ABN AMRO , Allianz , AXA Investment, Bank of America Meryll Lynch, BlackRock , Blackstone Group , Citigroup , Commerzbank , Credit Suisse , Deutsche Bank , Fitch Ratings , Google Cloud , JP Morgan Chase , Moody's , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Standard & Poor's and UBS . AFME claims that it is committed to "comprehensive and integrated European capital markets that meet the needs of companies and investors [and] promote economic growth". It sees itself as the "voice of all European financial markets for corporate customers" and aims to offer "specialist knowledge on a wide variety of regulatory and capital market issues". AFME emerged in 2009 from a merger of LIBA (London Investment Banking Association) and SIFMA (European arm of the Securities Industries and Financial Markets Association). The chairman of the board is Simon Lewis. According to Lobbyfacts.eu , the organization works with an annual budget of EUR 4,750,000 to EUR 4,999,999.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ List of members on the AFME homepage , accessed on August 2, 2019
- ↑ AFME press release on the appointment of the new head of the Frankfurt office , accessed on August 2, 2019
- ↑ AFME press release on the appointment of the new head of the Frankfurt office , accessed on August 2, 2019
- ↑ AFME press release on the appointment of the new head of the Frankfurt office , accessed on August 2, 2019
- ↑ Online article from "Frankfurt Business" on the opening of the Frankfurt branch , accessed on August 2, 2019
- ↑ Entry in the lobby register of the EU , accessed on August 2, 2019
- ↑ Entry at Lobbyfacts.eu , accessed on August 2, 2019