SAFE Finance Blog

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

New initiatives for sustainable finance, amended rules to harmonize the provision of financial information and recent proposals to trading obligations under MiFIR: a selection of financial regulatory developments from this month

Ignazio Angeloni: According to some, the ECB can learn from the Fed on how to deal with dissent. The US system, however, is not a reference Europe can easily conform to

Jan Krahnen: Loud is the criticism awarding the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Mario Draghi, who is said to have harmed the German saver. The opposite is true

Revised regulation in the Capital Markets Union for market risk and treatment of over-the-counter derivatives, and new rules in Germany regarding clearing counterparties: a selection of financial regulatory developments from this month

Germany has the second-lowest share of homeowners of all OECD countries. This is driven by housing policies that produce incentives to rent. New studies show that alternative policies could increase the homeownership rate and reduce wealth inequality