Fellow financial regulation nerds, let me quickly draw your attention to the International Summer School on Banking & Financial Law 2019 taking place in Milan and Lake Como from July 22 - 26. Participating universities, AEDBF (European Society for Banking and Financial Law) and EBI (European Banking Institute) have put together a highly interesting programme … Continue reading International Summer School on Banking and Capital Markets
Notes on The Local Effects of Monetary Policy
Does distance matter for financial stability and banking structures? This question is of high salience for all policy- efforts aiming to achieve coordination over large geographical areas as the European Banking Union. In this post, I provide an overview over the different concepts put forward in the economic literature. Distance is a complex, multidimensional relational … Continue reading Notes on The Local Effects of Monetary Policy
In Two Minds: The Governance of Ring-Fenced Banks
A keynote policy of UK financial regulation since the financial crisis has been the ‘ring-fencing’ of retail banks into separate and independently operated entities, so-called ‘ring-fenced bodies’ (RFBs), distinct from entities that carry on other, and especially investment, banking activities within the same corporate group. Such structural regulation of the banking sector – which entered … Continue reading In Two Minds: The Governance of Ring-Fenced Banks
Ten Years After the Financial Crisis: “We Are Safer, But Not As Safe As We Should and Could Be”
Experts from academia and industry gathered at the University of Oxford to revisit what went wrong in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis, whether the actions that were taken since seem sufficient, and the risks that might forestall a new crisis. The authors Jure Jeric, Thom Wetzer and Alexandra Zeitz are DPhil (PhD) candidates at the University of … Continue reading Ten Years After the Financial Crisis: “We Are Safer, But Not As Safe As We Should and Could Be”
Crypto Tokens, Legislative Intent & Prerogative of Interpretation – The current Dilemma for Supervisory Authorities
Crypto tokens are – in most jurisdictions – far from being “fully regulated”. This does not only pose a challenge for investors or market players, but also for supervisory authorities, which depend on a somewhat clear-cut legal framework. On the one hand, the authorities risk a state of legal uncertainty by abstaining from official statements … Continue reading Crypto Tokens, Legislative Intent & Prerogative of Interpretation – The current Dilemma for Supervisory Authorities
Conference in Berlin, October 31 – Financial Risk and Stability Network
Another year, another big event for conaisseurs of financial regulation: On October 31, the „Financial Stability Conference“ takes places again. It is organised by the „Financial Risk and Stability Network". Suffice it to say that speakers and participants are drawn from the top tier of European financial policymakers; German state secretary in the Ministry of Finance … Continue reading Conference in Berlin, October 31 – Financial Risk and Stability Network
Killing Investor Appetite – The European Commission’s Proposal for a Harmonized Pre-Marketing Definition
The European Commission’s recent proposal for a pre-marketing definition both in the AIFMD and EuVECA-Regulation is a cause for concern. Not only is the definition too restrictive, thus conflicting with current market standards, it also leaves key aspects open to interpretation and, therefore, provokes legal uncertainty. This post is a short, critical analysis of the … Continue reading Killing Investor Appetite – The European Commission’s Proposal for a Harmonized Pre-Marketing Definition
Opportunity at “Acatus”: Gain regulatory experience in a Berlin Fintech Startup
Next spring, I will spend part of my legal clerkship at Acatus, a Fintech startup based in Berlin. Setting up a platform for real-time asset securitization, they are looking for lawyers, legal trainees and interns interested in financial regulation. I can only tell that the people I have met so are very friendly, highly ambitious … Continue reading Opportunity at “Acatus”: Gain regulatory experience in a Berlin Fintech Startup
Regulation and Supervision of the OTC Derivatives Market (Book, Routledge, 2018)
Following the Global Financial Crisis, regulators are committed to reduce the likelihood and severity of future crisis. In the area of financial derivatives, regulation is focused on increasing transparency, strengthening market infrastructure, and reducing systemic risk. In our book ‘Regulation and Supervision of the OTC Derivatives Market’, we are looking at these post-crisis regulatory reforms. Our … Continue reading Regulation and Supervision of the OTC Derivatives Market (Book, Routledge, 2018)
The Eurosystem and the Single Supervisory Mechanism: institutional continuity under constitutional constraints
In a recently published ECB legal working paper, I analyse regulatory solutions that have been adopted to address constitutional constraints imposed on the functioning of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), in which the ECB’s exclusive supervisory competence is carried out. I argue that the operational framework governing the functioning of the SSM has assimilated, to … Continue reading The Eurosystem and the Single Supervisory Mechanism: institutional continuity under constitutional constraints
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