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Europe needs a “big bang moment” to boost long-term investment in companies and capitalise on this year’s surge in the region’s stock markets, according to the head of Germany’s stock exchange.
Stephan Leithner, chief executive of Deutsche Börse, told the Financial Times that EU officials should make the most of investors switching into European markets away from the US as worries over tariffs rise.
He wants Brussels to speed up plans to make the bloc more competitive by pushing forward on reforms to encourage domestic investment in the region’s companies.
“Many small things have been done but the big bang moment was missing,” he said. “It’s now a moment for a big bang . . . the sense of urgency is there.”
Germany’s Dax index has outperformed the US S&P 500 this year as investors…
