European Financial Market

Every country and region in the world faces its own financial and economic issues. Europe’s financial markets comprise of international bonds and equity markets. The Association for Financial Markets (AFME) in Europe is a trade association representing the world bond market. It is important for you to apply the concepts learned in this week to analyze some key issues faced by European financial markets.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,

• Explore some of the key issues concerning financial markets in Europe on the following webpage: Key IssuesLinks to an external site..
• • Pick one key issue from the topics list on this webpage to explore further (e.g., Brexit, Digital Finance, Financial Crime, etc.).
  • Review the Overview section and a few of the key documents, studies, or resources included for your topic.
• Find a webpage, website, or resource that provides information about the international bond market.

In your initial discussion forum post,

• State which key issue you explored.
• Summarize what you learned from exploring your key issue:
  • What is the key issue about?
  • What did you learn?
  • What did you find interesting?
• Discuss how any one topic covered this week aligns with the key issue you read about.