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#NoMoreCrises: Unkept Promises of Reform
Fifteen years after the global financial crisis, authorities are still forced to repeatedly syphon out hundreds...
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8% – We had a deal!
Europe’s “8% rule” requires bank shareholders to cover losses on up to 8% of the bank’s...
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A Reaction to the Banking Crisis: Reinforce international prudential and resolution rules
Here we go again. Pouring public money onto the flames of the latest bank failure. Clearly,...
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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” (finalising the implementation of the Basel...
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Banks still running on a shoestring
Two and a half years after it was first unveiled by the Commission, the Banking Package...
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12 propositions for reforming our financial system
By coupling a lucid diagnosis with ambitious recommendations, our Austrian member AK Europa provides a useful set...
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Failing or likely to fail?
Barely a year after its launch, a new European law that was supposed to put an...
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The insufficient role of EDIS in restoring trust in banks
Financial stability is impossible if depositors do not trust their banks. In the global financial crisis,...
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