14/04/2021 Banking Consultation response Consultation Response on “Preparedness and Resilience to Climate-Related Risks” for the OSFI, Canada Finance Watch urges the OSFI to make use of its capital framework – namely its Pillar I measures – to promote financial institution preparedness and resilience to climate-related risks.
08/04/2021 Retail & financial inclusion Report A Wrinkle in the Process: Financial Inclusion Barriers in an Ageing Europe – Report A groundbreaking look at vulnerability among older people in the European Union and the barriers they face that limit their access to basic, mainstream-market financial services and products appropriate to...
19/03/2021 Fiscal policy Policy brief One Framework to Rule Them All The European fiscal framework in five questions
19/03/2021 Fiscal policy Recovery Plan Navigating the Maze A Finance Watch primer on how to reform European economic governance
18/03/2021 Retail & financial inclusion Public hearing Consumer protection: Digitalisation of retail financial services during the Covid-19 pandemic Finance Watch statement to the IMCO Committee hearing
11/03/2021 Sustainable finance Consultation response Establishing ESAP: EU Commission consultation response Response to the European Commission consultation on the establishment of a European single access point (ESAP) for financial and non-financial information publicly disclosed by companies.
17/02/2021 Fiscal policy Open letter Reshaping the European Fiscal Framework – English language letter An open letter sent in February to European Union leaders asking them to review EU economic governance.
09/02/2021 Retail & financial inclusion Financial services for consumers Consumer credit market malpractices uncovered An in-depth study of consumer credit markets in Spain, Romania and Ireland and what it means for the Consumer Credit Directive (CCD) review
09/02/2021 Sustainable finance Consultation response Response to Commission Consultation Document Proposal for an Initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance Finance Watch calls for an EU framework on director duties and due diligence in its 8 February consultation response.
01/02/2021 Sustainable finance 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 to assess sustainability risks and requiring all AIFMs – regardless of their size – to consider potential adverse impacts of...
11/01/2021 Sustainable finance Consultation response Response to EIOPA consultation on Taxonomy Regulation Article 8 Finance Watch published on 11 January 2021 its response to the EIOPA’s consultation on the draft advice to the European Commission under Article 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation.
18/12/2020 Sustainable finance Consultation response Feedback on the draft Delegated Acts on climate mitigation & adaptation (EU Taxonomy) On 18 December 2020, Finance Watch published its feedback on the draft Delegated Acts on climate mitigation and climate adaptation supplementing the EU Taxonomy Regulation.
