Capital markets
Set
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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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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Set
13
2018
The financial system is undergoing a more and more important, pervasive and disrupting technological evolution. Most of the financial market players are evolving their business models into a FinTech direction, leveraging on the more efficient, independent and flexible technology which is able to learn through ...more »
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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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Ago
04
2018
The board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published eight recommendations to assist trading venues and regulatory authorities in the implementation of mechanisms to manage extreme volatility and preserve orderly trading. Following recent extreme volatility events, regulatory authorities and trading venues have ...more »
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Lug
20
2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published supplementary guidance on the application of the endorsement regime for non-EU credit ratings under the Credit Rating Agencies Regulation (CRAR). In order to ensure that third-country credit ratings, which are endorsed for use by EU investors, meet requirements ...more »
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Giu
15
2018
The European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) issued the first report on the supervisory measures and penalties carried out under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The report focuses in particular on the supervisory actions undertaken national authorities, their supervisory powers and the interaction between these authorities ...more »
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ECB: access to finance of SMEs in the EU
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Giu
06
2018
The European Central Bank (ECB) published today the yearly analytical report collecting the result of the Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE) for the year 2017. The survey is conducted on a sample of Small-Medium Enterprises (SME) across Europe. Table 1 summarizes ...more »
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Central Counter Party Clearing in Europe
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Giu
01
2018
Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Frankfurt Finance Summit, Frankfurt, 29 May 2018 illustrated the key role played by central counterparties in Europe. During the 2008 financial crisis, counterparty risks became infamous. The failure of Lehman Brothers and the large ...more »
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Giu
01
2018
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched two consultations on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying an economic downturn and on a set of Guidelines related to the estimation of loss given default (LGD) appropriate for conditions of an economic downturn. The draft RTS specify the ...more »
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