SAFE Finance Blog

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

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

New rules for investment firms, guidelines for disclosures under Taxonomy and Prospectus Regulations, and updated Basel III monitoring exercise

Thomas Mosk: The discretionary power of national authorities can effectively undermine well-intentioned supranational regulations in practice

Ignazio Angeloni: The banking union faces regulatory obstacles to its completion – nonetheless there are ways to move the pan-European project forward

Jan Krahnen: The ban on dividend payouts by the Eurozone's supervisory authority is a discretionary action that clouds market expectations with regard to the equity of credit institutions

Katja Langenbucher: The case of the insolvent fintech company gives reason to rethink existing regulation

Jan Krahnen: Germany's 2020 EU Council Presidency is an opportunity for sustainable development towards a political union regarding capital market, banks and the budget

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

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

Jan Pieter Krahnen: The tendency for loose financial regulation in the US is alarming. Europe should not follow

Tobias Tröger: Even ardent Europeans may learn a (limited) lesson as the court is willing to take a deeper look into the machine room of central banks' operations