SAFE Finance Blog

Jan Krahnen: Italy's thoughts on new bonds are a cause for concern for the euro area. However, in the end, the country would do itself harm

A pan-European pension product and new rules for investment funds, reforms in the Banking Union and guidelines on sustainable finance: a selection of regulatory developments from this month

Roland Broemel: the emergence of digital securities raises many technical, civil law and regulatory issues

In a new SAFE White Paper, Martin R. Götz, Tobias H. Tröger, and Mark Wahrenburg analyze the supervisory challenges ahead for banking regulation in Europe

Target debate: Clemens Fuest and Hans-Werner Sinn respond to Jan Krahnen's criticism. A guest commentary

The target balances generate discussions in the public and among economists who come to very different results in their analyses. An overview of the most important arguments

Matthias Goldmann: The European Court of Justice’s verdict on the bond purchases of the European Central Bank (ECB) shows the rationalizing effect of legal discourses

Jan Krahnen: One reason for criticizing Friedrich Merz is his work in the financial industry. This is unfair because more exchange between business and politics is needed

Jan Pieter Krahnen: Target imbalances should not be limited, but rather call for an institutional reform of the Eurozone

Matthias Goldmann and Grygoriy Pustovit: Adopting a ‘sandbox approach’ for regulators could be a beginning

Loriana Pelizzon explains why data transparency is crucial for financial stability in the EU

Peter Gomber about the reorganization of the market structure and more transparency