SAFE Finance Blog

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

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

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

Financial stability depends not only on the timeliness of banks’ accounting information during the crisis, but also on the capital regulation setting incentives for prompt corrective actions when losses are first recognized

Reports on the central counterparties recovery regime, review of the money market funds framework, and procedural rules for benchmark administrators and data reporting services providers

Some European countries have recently incorporated sustainability into their competition law. In Germany skepticism still prevails, despite various options

Capital Markets Union Review: Launch of the European Single Access Point and consolidated tape, revised framework for alternative investment funds, and new rules for long-term investment

Katja Langenbucher: The use of artificial intelligence in credit scoring brings new opportunities but also risks. The European proposal for an AI Act shows a troubling lack of standardized rules for credit scoring agencies across the EU

Recommendations on green finance in asset management, new rules for crowdfunding service providers and bank resolution and technical standards for a European Capital Markets Union

Proposed reforms to the EU Solvency II regime, new technical standards on disclosure for investment firms, and on securitization notification