Offshore tax non-compliance and lost revenues on hidden assets overseas, are long-standing issues.
On 7 December, the European Commission presented the Listing Act package which contains three proposals.
In 2021, economic losses from natural catastrophes were USD 270 billion.
The size of EU investment funds and capital markets lags well behind the US.
Europe has a high rate of savings and using those savings to increase productive investment is the right approach.
Now that the EU’s post-pandemic recovery programme is on course, the priority should be to increase private sector investments.
Crypto currency matters are seemingly in the news every day, but the EU’s attempt to introduce a tailor-made regulatory regime is not.
Basel III is an internationally agreed set of measures to strengthen the regulation, supervision and risk management of banks.
Europe needs a capital market that is sustainably integrated and as single as possible. This will not be achieved without a broad and solid foundation.
Creating an attractive framework for more market financing in Europe is proving to be an increasingly complex puzzle.
Although the UK financial sector may lose access to the Single Market as early as 31 December 2020, the EU and the UK seem miles away from a common agreement on the regulation of
While ESG data has come a long way, investors acknowledge multiple challenges related to materiality, reliability, and comparability.