ECB announces the end of QE
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Giu
15
2018
The Governing Council of the ECB met in Riga the 14th of June to review the cross-country pattern towards a sustained adjustment of inflation. The discussion was supported by the latest Eurosystem staff macroeconomic projections, measures of price and wage ...more »
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ESMA bans binary options for retail salers
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Giu
06
2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has now formally adopted new measures for the provision of binary options and contracts for differences (CFDs). The measures provide a prohibition on the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to retail investors, starting ...more »
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) ...more »
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Giu
06
2018
In November 2015 the Financial Stability Board (FSB) issued a new standard on the adequacy of total loss-absorbing and recapitalisation capacity for Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) in resolution (‘the TLAC standard’). The main principle upon which the entire TLAC ...more »
BIS reports on CDS global market
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Giu
06
2018
The Bank of International Settlement (BIS) quarterly review this June focused on the CDS market, ten years the CDS “Bangs”. The CDS Bangs were the first real attempt to build a Standardized CDS market, to face this market’s shortcomings, which ...more »
The EOS Blockchain Launch
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Giu
01
2018
CoinDesk, a dedicated blog to Fintech and cryptocurrencies, reported on the release of the EOS Blockchain launch, which will occurr this weekend. First announced in 2017, the EOS project has been fundraising for nearly a year, raising a reported $4 billion in ...more »
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 ...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. ...more »
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Giu
01
2018
The European Commission is today proposing new rules that will allow market-led solutions to support further integration and diversification within Europe’s financial sector, leading to a stronger and more resilient Economic and Monetary Union. Today’s proposal will remove unwarranted regulatory ...more »
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ECB publishes its 2018 Convergence Report
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Mag
28
2018
The European Central Bank (ECB) is today publishing its 2018 Convergence Report, in line with the requirements of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The report covers Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden. ...more »
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