SAFE Finance Blog

Europe has reacted skeptically to the German government's multi-billion euro package to combat the energy price crisis. However, the so-called “double ka-boom” provides the right incentives to save energy

New regulation on crypto-assets, disclosure of taxonomy-aligned gas and nuclear activities, and uniform treatment of over-the counter derivatives data

Public finances play an eminently important role in shaping credit risk spillovers between Euro Area governments and their domestic corporations in the wake of a rare disaster

Finalized standards for the Securitisation Regulation, new guidelines for MiFID II, and additions to the Revised Payment Services Directive

Newly adopted standards for crowdfunding service providers, updates on MiFID II and IDD regulations, and different information disclosure under SFDR

Gerrit von Zedlitz-Neukirch: Climate change is a threat for financial stability and price stability. An overview of the latest actions by the European Central Bank (ECB) to better assess and incorporate climate risks

Agreements on Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, on sustainability reporting, and new rules against market abuse in liquidity contracts

Alperen Afşin Gözlügöl: Whether and how stakeholder conflicts can arise during the green transition and what can be done about it

Updated rules for investment fund managers, next step in the Solvency II review, and a new trade policy tool

Andreas Barth: When banks face a shortage in one funding market, they substitute into other sources of funding, intensifying competition: Banks that are not directly affected by the original funding dry-up might face a funding squeeze with strong impacts to the real economy

Ignazio Angeloni: To overcome the European Central Bank’s mistakes of the past, the sequencing approach needs to be abandoned

Proposed changes on disclosures for retail and insurance-based investment products, a tax incentive for equity, and harmonized rules for non-bank lending