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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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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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Finance Watch’s view on the COVID-19 Banking Package
It makes good sense to suspend or postpone measures that aim at increasing the resilience of...
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Should we close financial markets?
Financial markets have had two main characteristics since the start of the coronavirus crisis: they have...
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Monitoring derivatives trading books in the current context of financial markets turmoil
The present situation of financial markets, characterised by a sharp drop of prices and a peak...
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About the decisions taken by European bank regulators and supervisors in the face of the coronavirus crisis
Our analyses of the coronavirus crisis: Bank regulators and supervisors have taken a number of important...
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From a health crisis to financial turmoil: Supervisors must make sure finance does not backfire
The coronavirus outbreak has provoked a sharp drop and triggered a high level of volatility of...
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Financial regulation: Small victories on revolving doors
The independence of supervisory authorities is crucial for public interest. We are glad to see the...
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