27/09/2021 Retail & financial inclusion Consultation response Response to consultation: Directive on Distance Marketing of Consumer Financial Services There is a hole in your net. Do you repair it or throw it away? The directive for financial services sold by phone, email or internet is poorly enforced –...
20/09/2021 Financial markets Consultation response Consultation response on the functioning of the EU securitisation framework The single EU securitisation market is by no means a tool to help banks grow their capacity to lend to the economy. Given the systemic risk inherent to these products,...
04/08/2021 Insurance & Pensions Consultation response Response to Commission public consultation: Retail investment strategy for Europe Important improvements are needed to the retail investor protection framework to ensure that EU citizens can safely invest in capital markets, says Finance Watch in its just-submitted response to the...
12/07/2021 Fiscal policy Report Fiscal Mythology Unmasked Debunking eight tales about European public debt and fiscal rules
08/07/2021 Sustainable finance Report Insuring the uninsurable A Finance Watch report on how to tackle the link between climate change and financial instability in the insurance sector
23/06/2021 Retail & financial inclusion Consultation response Response to European Commission Public consultation on instant payments Finance Watch responded to the European Commission consultation related to instant payments and the Single European Payment Area (SEPA) Instant Credit Transfer Scheme (SCT Inst).
21/06/2021 Sustainable finance Civil society briefing NGO Policy Briefing on Sustainable Corporate Governance Finance Watch co-signs today a joint policy briefing on how to better embed sustainability into corporate governance in the context of the forthcoming European Commission initiative
08/06/2021 Sustainable finance Consultation response Consultation Response on the Draft Delegated Act on Art. 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation An appropriate calibration of Art. 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation (TR) related disclosures is of great importance. Together with Art. 5 and 6 TR disclosures, they will define the taxonomy-related...
26/05/2021 Financial supervision Consultation response Consultation Response on the Supervisory Convergence and the Single Rule Book Finance Watch supports convergence of supervisory practices and European law application in the Member States and recognises the achievements made by the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs). A number of...
18/05/2021 Banking 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 their efforts on the rigorous and consistent implementation of the existing bank recovery and resolution rulebook. The proposed review should...
12/05/2021 Sustainable finance Consultation response Response to the ESAs consultation on EU taxonomy-related sustainability product-level disclosures Our response to the ESAs consultation on EU taxonomy-related sustainability product-level disclosures has been submitted and is now public. Some of our key messages are listed below.
04/05/2021 Banking Open letter Letter to EU policymakers to close ‘climate-finance doom loop’ through CRR, Solvency II upgrades Finance Watch called on EU leaders not to miss the opportunity of the upcoming review of banking and insurance prudential legislation to properly integrate climate risk. The letter was sent...
