Showing posts with label banking regulation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label banking regulation. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

When it rains, it pours – EU legal opinion puts UK on backfoot over revamped Liikanen rules

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It’s not shaping up to be a great month for the UK government with respect to the EU – a pretty poor showing at the European elections, a...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The long lost Liikanen report returns – but it looks pretty different

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Has the Liikanen report become the Barnier plan? Update 30/01/14 11:45: Some eagle eyed HM Treasury officials have flagged up that the...
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

The German banking union

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A deal emerges . It seems that the negotiations are finally coming to a conclusion on the issue of banking union – after just a year. ...
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Monday, November 18, 2013

As discussions stall, leaked docs show divergent plans for bank bail-in and resolution from EU institutions

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The Times’ Juliet Samuel has an interesting story today looking at the progress on bank bail-in rules and resolution funds at the EU level...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

A subtle shift in German policy on banking union?

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With talk of the upcoming German elections dominating over the weekend, a potentially important yet subtle shift for post-German election p...
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Wednesday, September 04, 2013

The EU wades into the murky world of shadow banking

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The European Commission this morning unveiled its initial proposals to regulate ‘shadow banking’ and money market funds (MMFs) – the press...
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Bank bail-in plans finally agreed, but its only a small step towards banking union

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Despite some sizeable differences , EU finance ministers finally managed to reach an agreement on the bank bail-in plans last night (afte...
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Monday, June 24, 2013

Bank bail-in plans: is France becoming nervous about being left alone with Germany?

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As we have pointed out repeatedly, those who think that the eurozone is one German election away from a full banking and fiscal union (whi...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

EU edges towards compromise on bank recovery and resolution plans

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Tomorrow and Friday will see the next round of meetings between eurozone and EU finance ministers respectively. The meetings will focus on...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Another blow in the bank bonus debate - but there's something far more fundamental at work here

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Yesterday saw the opening salvo of what is sure to become a heated debate over the new ‘technical standards’ for the EU’s banker bonus rul...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Where do EU member states stand on bank bail-in plans?

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It’s been pretty tough to follow where countries stand on the latest proposals for the EU’s Recovery and Resolution Directive , not least be...
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Monday, May 06, 2013

Exclusive: Internal docs give first look at EU plans to regulate 'shadow banking'

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The Times reports today on another round of exclusive documents leaked by Open Europe, this time regarding European Commission plans to reg...
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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Has Germany really gone off the idea of an EU treaty change?

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Usually technical meetings behind closed doors in Brussels are pretty dull. However, judging by some of the reports floating around, yeste...
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

What next on the EU bank bonus cap?

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Today has been billed as the final chance for UK Chancellor George Osborne to secure a change in the proposal to limit bank bonuses across t...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013

EU tightens the noose on bank bonuses

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As we noted in today’s press summary , a tentative EU deal was struck last night on bank bonus curbs, as part of the broader agreement on ...
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