Yves Mersch: Shaping the future of Europe’s financial market infrastructure Opening remarks by Mr Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, at the Information session on the consultative report on RTGS services, Frankfurt am Main, 22 March 2016. *  *  *  Introduction In my opening remarks I want to address three issues.
First, I will set out the main drivers of change that have been shaping Europe’s financial market infrastructure in general and the RTGS system in particular. Second, I will address the consequences of these drivers for change that the Eurosystem will have to tackle in its roles as operator, overseer and catalyst.