Many factors – changing economic/financial conditions, evolving demographics, market fragmentation risks, regulatory and technological developments, and new political priorities
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.
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
We are back in crisis mode. In a matter of only three weeks, Europe has turned from boom to bust for markets and businesses.
The ESA Review confirmed the importance of the European Supervisory Authorities and the European Systemic Risk Board, established 10 years ago, but only led to limited changes in
As the von der Leyen Commission reflects on how to strengthen market finance in Europe, global markets are moving on.
After Brexit, the UK’s financial industry will lose its EU ‘passport’.
As the EU sets its priorities for the next five years, a rigorous assessment of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) and a new focus is required.
As a follow-up on the mid-term review of the capital markets union action plan, the European Commission has committed to assess the drivers of equity investments by insurance com
The likelihood of severe contractions in an asset’s liquidity can feed back to the ex-ante risks faced by the individual providers of such liquidity.
