SAFE Finance Blog

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

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

Jan Krahnen: Do we need a more expansive fiscal policy in Germany and Europe? The European IGM Economic Experts Panel comes to remarkable results

Julia Kapraun: It was about time for the German Finance Agency to announce the first federal Green Bond. However, the new bond has some debatable features

A special report on climate policy by the German Council of Economic Experts, property tax reform in Germany and a new EU regulatory framework for crowdfunding: a selection of financial regulatory developments from this month