News
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26
2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes a working paper examining liquidity in EU fixed income markets, providing a broad overview of market liquidity in EU sovereign bond and corporate bond markets. The study, reporting on different aspects of market liquidity, shows that the situation ...more »
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ESTER to replace EONIA as the risk free rate
Posted in: News
Set
20
2018
The working group on euro risk-free rates is an industry-led group established in 2018 by the European Central Bank, the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Commission. Its main tasks are to identify and recommend alternative ...more »
Tagged width: eonia, politica monetaria
Set
20
2018
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today issued a final report providing measures for securities regulators to consider when addressing the risks arising from the marketing and sale of OTC leveraged products to retail investors. Simultaneously, the Board issued a public statement on ...more »
Set
20
2018
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today two reports on EU banks’ funding plans and asset encumbrance respectively. The reports aim to provide important information for EU supervisors to assess the sustainability of banks’ main sources of funding. The results of the assessment show that ...more »
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Latest report from the Basel Committee
Posted in: News
Set
20
2018
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision met in Basel on 19-20 September to discuss a range of policy and supervisory issues, and to take stock of its members’ implementation of post-crisis reforms. Particularly, the Committee discussed: the results of the annual assessment exercise for global ...more »
Tagged width: banking, basel commitee
Set
14
2018
The World Economic Forum (WEF) and Bain & Company conducted a joint research indicating that, by deploying blockchain, global businesses can generate an extra $1 trillion in trade finance that would otherwise be missed out on. According to an Asian Development Bank calculation, the global trade ...more »
Tagged width: blockchain, fintech
Set
14
2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has carried out a study of the EU market in structured retail products, from an investor protection perspective. The research breaks down the EU market geographically into national retail markets and found a high degree of heterogeneity in the ...more »
Set
14
2018
The euro area finance ministers, meeting on 7 September, exchanged views with Roberto Gualtieri, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the euro area’s economic outlook and challenges. They also discussed euro area Member States’ ability to allocate resources efficiently ...more »
Set
13
2018
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 12 September 2018, the MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at ...more »
Set
08
2018
Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Eurofi Financial Forum 2018, enlightened the importance of the Banking Union as the final objective of financial integration. The European Union has now have a single supervisor and a single resolution authority, and ...more »
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