The pandemic has caused unprecedented volatility in the financial markets. The corporate sector has been hit by supply disruptions and weak demand.
The Covid-19 pandemic has served as a brutal reminder of the urgency to strengthen societal resilience as a whole.
Earlier this year, the Commission started consulting on a series of priority areas as part of its ongoing MIFID II/MiFIR review.
Soon after the work of the Next CMU High-Level Group, the EU Commission set up its own High-Level Forum (HLF) to discuss the continuation of CMU.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – in particular those that are young, innovative and have risky projects – face minimal financing opportunities.
With the spread of COVID-19 across Europe, governments and central banks are mobilising resources to avoid a deep recession, growing unemployment and corporate failures.
After Brexit, the UK’s financial industry will lose its EU ‘passport’.
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 9 date back to the 2008 financial crisis and, in particular, the ensuing criticism about fair value accounting.
Until the financial crisis hit in 2008, taxation was rarely a matter of international discussion, as it was linked to sovereignty.
All investment firms are currently subject to the prudential requirements primarily designed for banks .
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU is likely to have significant market, political, and policy consequences for the UK financial system, for the single market and the euro area, and
Short-termism in financial markets has been a topic of discussion in academic and policy circles alike, particularly in the wake of the financial crisis.