Policy brief
Policy brief – The Digital Euro: A Matter of Trust
In this policy brief, Finance Watch argues that for the...
Christian M. Stiefmüller
Senior Research and Advocacy Advisor
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Consultation response
Response to the European Commission’s consultation on State Aid for Banks in Difficulty
In its response to the European Commission’s consultation on the...
Consultation response
Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on Open Finance Framework and Data Sharing in the Financial Sector
In its response to the European Commission’s targeted consultation on...
Policy brief
Policy brief: “Cracks in the pillars – Financial stability loses out in the EU’s Basel III endgame”
Finance Watch’s analysis of the Banking Package 2021 shows how...
Consultation response
Improving the EU Macroprudential Framework for the Banking Sector (Consultation response)
In order to contain the financial stability risks posed by...
Report
Analysis of the EU Digital Finance package – A New Finance Watch Report
Finance Watch provides in a new report analysis of policy...
Consultation response
Consultation response on the Review of the Crisis Management and Deposit Insurance framework (CMDI)
Finance Watch calls upon EU policymakers and regulators to concentrate...
Consultation response
Response to EU Commission on review of Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)
Finance Watch calls for allowing both qualitative and quantitative approaches...
Speech
Public hearing on EU Banking Package at German Bundestag
On 28 October 2020, Finance Watch participated in a public...
Consultation response
Response to the FSB consultation on the evaluation of the effects of “too-big-to-fail” reforms
On 30 September 2020, Finance Watch has submitted its response...
Speech
Hearing at the Bundestag on the finalisation of the Basel III framework
Covid-19 looks set to become the banking sector’s most powerful...
Consultation response
Finance Watch response to the FSB’s public consultation on “global stablecoins”
Finance Watch published today its responses to the Financial Stability...
Consultation response
Consultation response on a new digital finance strategy for Europe / FinTech action plan
On 26 June 2020, Finance Watch published its response to...
Consultation response
Responses to crypto-assets consultations
In March 2020, Finance Watch submitted its responses to two...
Position paper
Libra: Heads I win – tails you lose
Finance Watch releases a highly sceptical initial assessment of plans...
Report
Report: “#10yearsAfter – Back to Business as Usual”
In its comprehensive analysis of post-crisis regulation, Finance Watch demonstrates...
Policy brief
“’Would you mind holding this for me?’ The (increasingly desperate) search for an answer to Europe’s NPL problem”
Brussels, 8 June 2018 – Finance Watch published today a detailed...
Speech
Speech at Financial Stability Conference 2017
Berlin, 18 October 2017 – Ten years after the onset of...
Report
A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Brussels, 27 June 2017 – Finance Watch published today its...
Policy brief
Policy Brief “One step forward, two steps back”
Brussels, 7 June 2017 – Finance Watch, the public interest...
Speech
Public hearing at ECON on the banking legislation package
Finance Watch Senior Policy Analyst Christian Stiefmüller spoke on a panel at...
Consultation response
Response to the EC’s Public Consultation on a Potential EU Personal Pensions Framework
Finance Watch is supportive of the European Commission’s initiative to...
Consultation response
Response to the EC’s consultation on the “Review of the EU Macroprudential Policy Framework”
Executive summary:
Position paper
Comments on the EBA’s Interim Report on the Implementation and Design of the MREL Framework
Finance Watch comments on the European Banking Authority’s Interim Report...
Position paper
Comments on the current debate regarding bank bail-in and recapitalisation
Finance Watch comments on the current debate regarding bank bail-in...
Consultation response
Response to the BCBS consultation on the “Revisions to the Basel III leverage ratio framework”
Finance Watch welcomes the agreement of the Group of Central...
Consultation response
Response to the BCBS consultation on “Reducing variation in credit risk-weighted assets”
Finance Watch welcomes the initiative of the Basel Committee on...
Policy brief
Policy Brief “TLAC/MREL: Making failure possible?”
This note provides an update on recent developments in the...
Participated in these articles
8% – We had a deal!
Europe’s “8% rule” requires bank shareholders to cover losses on...
Kicking and screaming – the Euro arrives in the Digital Age
As development of the digital Euro project begins, policymakers must...
Basel III finalisation comes undone: A proposal that lets down citizens and backtracks on global agreements
Finance Watch regrets that the so-called “draft Banking Package 2021”...
Facebook’s digital currency plans: frozen for good or merely on ice?
Worldwide regulatory scrutiny and fierce resistance from civil-society organisations may...
Finance Watch’s view on the COVID-19 Banking Package
It makes good sense to suspend or postpone measures that...
Coronavirus: Should taxpayers bail-out debt-laden corporates?
How will the coronavirus crisis affect the massive corporate debt...
Can we attach conditionality to the ECB’s emergency liquidity programmes targeted at banks?
Many critics are asking for the ECB’s massive support of...
Banks still running on a shoestring
Two and a half years after it was first unveiled...
Banks stress-tests 2018: Trying too hard to reassure
Our banking expert Christian Stiefmüller is having a hard look...
10 Years after the Failure of Lehman Brothers: Once more unto the brink
Remember Lehman? Within the space of ten years we have,...
Splitting Deutsche Bank?
The announcement of a “separation stress-test” for Deutsche Bank shows...
Failing or likely to fail?
Barely a year after its launch, a new European law...
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