21/10/2020 Pensions and insurance Consultation response Consultation response on the review of Solvency II On 21 October 2020, Finance Watch published its response to the European Commission’s consultation on the review of prudential rules for insurance and reinsurance companies.
20/10/2020 Sustainable finance Consultation response Our views on product disclosure templates under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation Finance Watch responded to the ESAs’ survey on environmental and/or social financial product templates
19/10/2020 Retail & financial inclusion Discussion paper Responsible lending and privacy protection: A consumer perspective On 19 October 2020, Finance Watch has published a discussion paper on ways that EU policymakers could help to reduce irresponsible consumer lending in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis...
06/10/2020 Retail & financial inclusion Consultation response Consultation response on the New European Consumer Agenda On 6 October 2020, Finance Watch published its response to the European Commission’s consultation on its New Consumer Agenda.
05/10/2020 Sustainable finance Consultation response Our response to the consultation on the establishment of an EU Green Bond Standard Finance Watch welcomes the Commission reaffirmed commitment to establish an EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) in line with the objectives of the Green Deal.
02/10/2020 Sustainable finance Report 10 Principles for a Sustainable Recovery On 2 October 2020, Finance Watch has published a briefing paper to help legislators strengthen the proposed Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which makes up the core of the EU’s...
30/09/2020 Banking Consultation response Response to the FSB consultation on the evaluation of the effects of “too-big-to-fail” reforms On 30 September 2020, Finance Watch has submitted its response to the consultation on the Financial Stability Board’s report “Evaluation of the effects of too-big-to-fail reforms” which was published in...
31/07/2020 Banking Public hearing Hearing at the Bundestag on the finalisation of the Basel III framework Covid-19 looks set to become the banking sector’s most powerful argument yet to demand a wholesale roll-back of the Basel III framework. In a petition to the German Bundestag, MPs...
17/07/2020 Sustainable finance Consultation response Response to the consultation on the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy Finance Watch responded to the 100+ questions of the European Commission consultation on the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy
16/07/2020 FinTech Consultation response Finance Watch response to the FSB’s public consultation on “global stablecoins” Finance Watch published today its responses to the Financial Stability Board’s consultation on addressing the regulatory, supervisory and oversight challenges raised by “global stablecoin” arrangements
13/07/2020 Sustainable finance Policy brief Policy brief: Debt sustainability and a sustainable COVID recovery Overcoming the dilemma between debt and environmental sustainability in the discussions over a post Covid-19 recovery package
07/07/2020 Retail & financial inclusion Report Report “Basic Financial Services” Finance Watch released a report which identifies a shortlist of basic financial products and services that should be made available to all European citizens to help combat financial and social...
