SAFE Finance Blog

To protect private investors some European countries ban sales commissions. A recent study examines the real effects of not paying commissions on clients

Thomas Huertas: Some simple steps on how to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from causing a financial crisis

Ignazio Angeloni: The ruling on the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing appears to open up an irremediable conflict at the heart of the euro area, with potentially fatal consequences for the currency and its central bank. It may turn out differently

Debates about public sector debt management are a recurring theme, particularly in times of rising public debt levels. Quickly there is talk of interest bets and gambling tax officials. Is the criticism appropriate?

European initiative towards sustainable finance, new standards for the assessment of market risk, and guidelines on fees in investment funds: a selection of financial regulatory developments from this month

Thomas F. Huertas: How banks can help get money to businesses while it can still do some good

Baptiste Massenot: Central banks decide on aid programs worth billions to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. But how equitable are these measures?

The coronavirus pandemic already bears enormous costs. In Italy and Spain a silver lining emerges, indicating that it is time to gradually release existing lockdown measures

Ignazio Angeloni: The return to normality after the coronavirus pandemic requires, among other things, that banks be saved, and this will not happen unless regulation is adapted and more public support is provided

New rules on reporting of institutions under CRR, current developments in EU sustainable finance regulation and transfer of financial investment advisor supervision in Germany: a selection of financial regulatory developments from this month

Christian Schlag: The coronavirus triggered a worldwide sell-off on the stock markets. Banning short sales to stop falling prices, however, is too short-sighted

Targeted and coordinated European measures needed to prevent a new banking crisis