Croatia's Ministry of Finance announced that finance ministers and other senior officials from eight Central and South Eastern European countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Zagreb to cooperate on developing their capital markets. The memorandum sets out closer cooperation and regulatory alignment, with the stated aim of increasing liquidity and building more efficient and competitive markets. The signatories were Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. The initiative follows a memorandum signed in late 2024 by stock exchanges in Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Ljubljana, Skopje, Sofia, Warsaw and Zagreb, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and is framed as consistent with the European Union’s Savings and Investments Union strategy to channel household savings and private capital towards capital markets, including to support small and medium-sized enterprises and cross-border capital flows. Finance minister Marko Primorac linked the regional agreement to Croatia’s domestic capital markets agenda, citing 15 government securities issuances and the adoption of a Strategic Framework for Capital Market Development to 2030, and said Croatia is moving into an “intensive implementation” phase.
Ministry of Finance (Croatia) 2025-08-25
Croatia's Ministry of Finance hosts signing of regional memorandum to align capital market frameworks and deepen liquidity
Finance ministers from eight Central and South Eastern European countries, including Croatia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Zagreb to enhance cooperation and regulatory alignment in capital markets. The initiative aims to increase liquidity and competitiveness, aligning with the European Union’s Savings and Investments Union strategy. Croatia's Finance Minister Marko Primorac emphasized its alignment with Croatia's domestic capital markets agenda and Strategic Framework for Capital Market Development to 2030.