SAFE Finance Blog

Newly adopted standards for crowdfunding service providers, updates on MiFID II and IDD regulations, and different information disclosure under SFDR

Gerrit von Zedlitz-Neukirch: Climate change is a threat for financial stability and price stability. An overview of the latest actions by the European Central Bank (ECB) to better assess and incorporate climate risks

Agreements on Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, on sustainability reporting, and new rules against market abuse in liquidity contracts

Alperen Afşin Gözlügöl: Whether and how stakeholder conflicts can arise during the green transition and what can be done about it

Updated rules for investment fund managers, next step in the Solvency II review, and a new trade policy tool

Andreas Barth: When banks face a shortage in one funding market, they substitute into other sources of funding, intensifying competition: Banks that are not directly affected by the original funding dry-up might face a funding squeeze with strong impacts to the real economy

Ignazio Angeloni: To overcome the European Central Bank’s mistakes of the past, the sequencing approach needs to be abandoned

Proposed changes on disclosures for retail and insurance-based investment products, a tax incentive for equity, and harmonized rules for non-bank lending

Thomas Huertas: Surprise has spurred the success of sanctions. But if sanctions are to remain effective, democracies cannot rely again on surprise

New standards for sustainability-related disclosures, European actions to support the digital transformation of the financial sector, and updated requirements for securitizations

The decision on the resolution of European banks should be taken entirely at the supranational level to prevent the dominance of national interests

Shaping of the EU sustainable finance framework, changes to the upcoming carbon border tax, and new rules for central securities depositories