Personal pensions as a supplement to the EU second-pillar system Personal pensions as a supplement to the EU second-pillar systemSpeaking at the EIOPA Conference on Personal Pensions in Bratislava, Gabriel Bernardino, Chair of...
Austere Greek EU Presidency – A Sign of Times? Austere Greek EU Presidency – A Sign of Times?Starting with the new year, Greece assumed the EU Presidency for the next six months. In charge of...
Meaningless Financial Regulation and Symbolic Punishment Meaningless Financial Regulation and Symbolic PunishmentIn his article “Financial Regulators' Fine Mess”, the former chief economist of the IMF, Simon...
Banking union: difficult times ahead? Banking union: difficult times ahead?Following the agreement reached by the Council on the single resolution mechanism for dealing with...
EuroFinUse response to the European Commission Consultation "Crowdfunding in the EU - Exploring the added value of potential EU action" EuroFinUse response to the European Commission Consultation "Crowdfunding in the EU - Exploring the added value of potential EU action"A little while ago, on October 3, the European Commission launched a consultation inviting...
Europe agrees to pool control of bank wind-ups Europe agrees to pool control of bank wind-upsTaking a big step towards completing the EU banking union, EU finance ministers agreed late...
Slovenian Constitutional Court acknowledges the legal interest of 293 initiators united by VZMD who demanded a constitutional review of the Banking Act Slovenian Constitutional Court acknowledges the legal interest of 293 initiators united by VZMD who demanded a constitutional review of the Banking ActFollowing the filling of three lawsuits by VZMD, the Slovenian Constitutional Court acknowledged...
JPMorgan to pay $2.6 billion over Madoff scandal JPMorgan to pay $2.6 billion over Madoff scandalJPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $ 2.6 billion to settle criminal charges for ignoring obvious...
Deutsche Bank pushed to reorganize its senior management Deutsche Bank pushed to reorganize its senior managementIn a leaked report by the German weekly newspaper Der Spiegel, Deutsche Bank executives are put on...
EU softs bank splits reforms EU softs bank splits reformsThe European Union will ease the financial reforms that would force big banks to ring-fence their...
Reluctant Latvia joins Euro Reluctant Latvia joins EuroOn 1 January 2014, Latvia became the 18th member of the Eurozone and the second Baltic state to...
Banking Supervision Reform now a Human Rights' Issue? Banking Supervision Reform now a Human Rights' Issue?Following the ECB's package for banking supervision in the Eurozone, announced in early October,...