20/01/2022 Retail & financial inclusion Report From debtor prisons to being prisoners of debt Making the case for harmonised EU consumer insolvency rules.
18/01/2022 Sustainable finance Open letter Multi-stakeholder statement on the CSRD reform and EU standards Investors, asset managers and civil society organisations jointly call for:
13/01/2022 Insurance & Pensions Consultation response on the review of prudential rules for insurance and reinsurance firms (Solvency II Directive) On 10 January 2022, Finance Watch published its response to the European Commission’s consultation on the review of the insurance sector’s prudential regulation (Solvency II Directive).
23/12/2021 Fiscal policy Consultation response Maastricht 2.0: Updating EU economic governance for the challenges ahead Finance Watch response to the European Commission public consultation on the review of the European economic governance framework.
20/12/2021 Sustainable finance Open letter Open Letter: Risking Effective Sustainable Corporate Governance Finance Watch co-signed on 20 December 2021 with seven other organisations an open letter addressed to European Commission officials to express strong concerns about the delay in the publication of...
17/12/2021 Sustainable finance Open letter Finance Watch letter to the European Commission on sustainable corporate governance In a letter dated 15 December 2021 and addressed to Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, Vice-Presidents Jourová and Šefčovič, and Commissioners Reynders and Breton, Finance Watch expressed its concerns over the future...
23/11/2021 Sustainable finance Report Report: A ‘silver bullet’ against Green Swans – Incorporating climate risk into prudential rules Simple measures taken now can sever climate change-financial instability link, says a new report “A silver bullet against green swans: Incorporating climate-related financial risk into bank and insurance prudential rules”.
16/11/2021 Insurance & Pensions Consultation response Insurance Sector and Climate-Related Financial Risks: Response to the FIO Finance Watch responded to the Federal Insurance Office Information Request on the Insurance Sector and Climate-Related Financial Risks to highlight the urgent need to address capital requirements for fossil fuel...
18/10/2021 FinTech Report Analysis of the EU Digital Finance package – A New Finance Watch Report Finance Watch provides in a new report analysis of policy proposals by the European Commission to regulate and supervise the fast-emerging market of digital finance. This report welcomes the Commission’s...
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...
