SAFE Finance Blog

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

Ignazio Angeloni: The central bank must maintain control of its balance sheet

New guidelines and standards to simplify reporting for credit services, data management in the derivatives market, and amendments on the identification of a group of connected clients

Katja Langenbucher: The EU is still struggling to find an appropriate regulation. The issues at stake go beyond current anti-discrimination law

Revised Consumer Credit Directive and amendments to various regulations to strengthen European central counterparties

The measures to develop the Eurogroup's banking union are a step forward but do not address important factor

Initial indication for companies on their sustainability reports, updated regulations for service providers of critical information and communications technologies, and new liquidity requirements for investment firms