Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is often described as one of the most disruptive innovations of the last decade, with the potential to bring a number of benefits to financial
Pre- and post-trade transparency requirements under MiFID II are expected to cause a big bang effect in non-equity markets, especially for bonds and derivatives markets.
Will banks survive the age of digitalisation?
Following the European Commission’s public consultation on the Capital Markets Union (CMU), which it launched in January with a view to completing the midterm review of the CMU b
Early in December, in the context of the first edition of the “Invest Week” and in cooperation with Pensions Europe, ECMI staged an event on “Asset allocation in a low interest r
In an effort to revive securitisation markets, the European Commission proposed a special ‘STS’ label and related capital charge reductions.
Following the success of two previous editions in Singapore (2014) and
In uncertain times, greater diversity in the financial system provides stability and the necessary funding sources for economic recovery and growth.
This question served as the basis of discussion at an ECMI-CEPS lunchtime meeting, held on November 20th, at which PwC presented the main findings of their recent Global financia
High-frequency traders (HFTs) can trigger cascades and spirals, due to their highly correlated algorithmic trading strategies, thereby exacerbating market shocks, particularly in
In the midst of the recent fall in oil prices and renewed unconventional monetary policy actions, ECMI organised a half-day conference to explore how commodity prices are once ag
A paradigm shift in finance legislation
