SAFE Finance Blog

New proposals for asset management markets rules, new reporting standards for banks, and report on priorities for resolution authorities

Alfons Weichenrieder: The bridge electricity price planned by the Ministry of Economics to ease the burden on German industry manages the shortage instead of investing in energy infrastructure

Nikolai Badenhoop: Foreign currency loan restitutions carry a risk for banking crises

Proposals for a digital euro, new rules for central securities depositories, and revisions for regulations on markets in financial instruments

Elke König: The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank prompts regulators to reassess capital and liquidity requirements, but reforms should go beyond bank regulation

Agreement on Basel III implementation, new Sustainable Finance Package, and first international disclosure standards

Jan Pieter Krahnen: A simplified division into green and brown securities is insufficient. The financial market can and must play a broader role in the transformation

Amendments for investment firm consolidations, agreement on a common European data space relevant for capital markets, and a new retail investment package

Adjustments on resolution and deposit insurance rules, new guidelines for product governance requirements, and amended anti-money laundering measures

Jan Pieter Krahnen and Tobias Tröger: The pending review of the European crisis management and deposit insurance framework offers a welcome opportunity to make real steps forward since it is high time to act

Revised guidelines on deposit guarantee schemes, provisional agreement on European green bonds, and revised framework for long-term investment funds

Amendments related to the benchmark transition, extended requirements for securitizations, and new guidelines for resolution authorities