After more than a decade of Capital Markets Union initiatives, the EU has established stronger foundations for financial integration, yet persistent structural barriers continue
As Europe explores new avenues for enhancing its competitiveness without compromising the regulatory standards it has built up over the past two decades, the debate over financia
Ten years after Solvency II came into force, equivalence has become an established part of the EU’s prudential architecture for dealing with third country insurance markets.
Regulatory simplicity has become a significant part of the EU’s competitiveness agenda. But while it’s important, it’s not enough to make Europe competitive on its own.
Europe’s securitisation debate rightly pays close attention to banks, reflecting the bank-based nature of the EU financial system and the central role they play in origination, r
An upgrade and more centralisation of market supervision is on the table in Brussels.
Recent redemption pressure in private credit has been treated as a warning that something in the system is breaking. BlackRock restricted withdrawals from one private credit fund
Europe needs a more competitive financial system. Yet assigning supervisors a secondary competitiveness objective is the wrong path for getting there.
The recent string of withdrawal limits in private credit shouldn’t be waved away as a US-only sideshow.
Brussels is no longer asking whether securitisation should return – that question has already been answered.
Securitisation can strengthen the EU’s financial system by expanding lending, supporting the green and digital transitions, and improving financing resilience, particularly in pe
Europe’s financial regulatory and supervisory framework has delivered major stability and protection gains over the past two decades but it has become increasingly difficult to o
