Roundtable with Johanna Lybeck Lilja, Swedish Ministry of Finance
19 November 2025
EU capital markets

At New Financial we have been highlighting the success of the Swedish capital markets ecosystem for a number of years. In our annual benchmarking report on EU capital markets it has steadily risen up the rankings over the past decade and now has the most developed capital markets of any major economy in Europe (overtaking the UK a few years ago).
A briefing paper published by the Swedish government a few months ago outlined the four essential building blocks of the Swedish model:
Incentives for retail savings and investment
Funded pensions and institutional investment in equities
A tax regime supporting entrepreneurs and wealth accumulation
A wider framework supporting openness and adaptation
At the event we will discuss how Sweden became the ‘poster child’ for the development of capital markets in Europe and what UK and EU can learn from the Swedish journey.
We expect participants will be a combination of policy specialists and policymakers with a focus on UK and EU capital markets.
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Location:
New Financial, 19 Aylesbury Street, London EC1R 0DB