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Banks are only part of the story. Where is risk in the financial system?
Traditionally, finance is explained through banks taking in savings and making loans that stay on their...
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French parliament endorses civil society recommendations on European Central Bank climate policies
A new French parliamentary report explores the European Central Bank’s role in the climate crisis. It...
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The stage is being set for another financial crisis
The next financial crisis isn’t inevitable – it’s a choice. Policymakers can either resist financial lobby...
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#NoMoreCrises: Unkept Promises of Reform
Fifteen years after the global financial crisis, authorities are still forced to repeatedly syphon out hundreds...
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Basel III finalisation comes undone: A proposal that lets down citizens and backtracks on global agreements
Finance Watch regrets that the so-called “draft Banking Package 2021” (finalising the implementation of the Basel...
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#NoMoreCrises: Unkept Promises of Reform
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Finance Watch’s view on the COVID-19 Banking Package
It makes good sense to suspend or postpone measures that aim at increasing the resilience of...
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Should we close financial markets?
Financial markets have had two main characteristics since the start of the coronavirus crisis: they have...
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Monitoring derivatives trading books in the current context of financial markets turmoil
The present situation of financial markets, characterised by a sharp drop of prices and a peak...
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