Though EU regulators have moved swiftly to ease compliance and capital burdens on banks, they nonetheless still face challenges, particularly when the non-performing loans start to pile up.

Will Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic prove to be a catalyst to revive efforts to establish a capital markets union in the EU, or will it be the final nail in the coffin for this beleaguered project? 

The economically devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic seems to have acted as a catalyst for US regulators to loosen prudential rules further and faster ahead of the presidential election in November.

If ESMA gets its way, third-country financial firms doing business in the EU will have to provide vast amounts of extra information in what many see as a Brexit-related political move 

The FSB has once again waded into the controversial debate over who pays when a clearing house goes under and in a consultation paper is looking at a range of options including the use of equity

With the world once again in crisis, this time due to the Covid-19 pandemic, supervisory attention is turning to shadow banks for fear they might be harbouring hidden systemic risks. 

With Europe sliding into a deep economic slumber following the Covid-19 pandemic, questions are being asked about the state of some the continent’s banks and whether BRRD is up to resolving them if it comes to that

The introduction of the new stress capital buffer in the US is poorly timed, according to critics, as it permanently relaxes capital standards, potentially making US banks more vulnerable to economic shocks

Proposals put forward by the EBA to modernise its stress testing framework have met with disapproval by banks arguing that they would deliver few benefits 

The EU’s green finance deal promises to not only reshape the economy, but also finance. However, there is still much work to do and a lot of missing detail before the green deal can drive real change