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EU recovery fund set to ease ECB’s burden
Common debt issuance likely to significantly reduce fragmentation risks, taming sovereign bond spreads, say analysts
European Ombudsman opens inquiry into BlackRock ESG advisory contract
Green lawmakers and NGOs say asset manager faces conflicts of interest, but firm rejects claims
Balancing data policies: what Covid-19 taught us
New rules are needed for data-sharing at a national and international level, write Theodoros Evgeniou, David Hardoon and Anton Ovchinnikov
ECB’s Enria unsure banks will dip into capital buffers
Anxiety over investor and rating agency reaction may limit banks’ use of Covid relief measures
European Commission pushes for €750 billion budget expansion
Shared financial resources designed to support weakest EU members while spreading cost
Lagarde welcomes Franco-German fund plan
Covid-19 response fund would be drawn from common EU budget
ECB backs use of EU central banks for job subsidies
“Sure” scheme to pay job subsidy funds would be within EU law, ECB says
Debelle: regulation could be ‘helpful’ to FX code
As EU weighs regulation of spot market, GFXC chair dismisses key industry argument
Tough inspections help cut zombie lending, paper finds
Checking banks’ assessments of asset quality cut loans to non-viable firms – Bank of Portugal paper
‘Systemic cyber incidents’ could cause major damage – ESRB
EU body says cyber attacks could reach “tipping point” and freeze financial sector
EU regulators must end ‘tick-box’ approach to money laundering - EBA
First EBA report on national supervisors’ AML/CFT approaches says many agencies fail to co-operate
EU council may cut margin haircuts for CCP resolution
Proposals would close avenues for regulators to dip into non-defaulting members’ initial margin
Slovenian central bank demands courts rule on bail-in law
Bank of Slovenia says law would break EU Treaty as bitter dispute over bail-ins escalates
EU to set up cross-border AML bodies for some banks
Banks working in more than three EU countries must have own anti-money laundering “colleges”
EU could take legal action against Slovene central bank law
Commission could act over lawmakers’ bid to force central bank repayments
EBA’s Campa: reduce Pillar 2 charges to offset output floor
Bankers plead for smaller capital hit and more predictability on implementation of Basel III
European Commission mulls climate risk regulation
New green finance strategy could include new climate stress tests – Dombrovskis
Was Draghi one of the great central bankers?
A look back at how Mario Draghi confronted the financial crisis and existential concerns about the euro
EU deposit guarantee schemes must improve – EBA
Rules must give more protection to depositors and address AML concerns, EBA says
EU seeks to offer reassurance on Brexit clearing exemption
Commission can act quickly to stave off no-deal market disruption, insists official
EU regulators must co-operate more over money laundering – EBA head
EBA will set up cross-border AML “colleges” but governments need to improve mandates, says Campa
Firms must prepare for reference rate transition – ECB working group
New €STR rate will be recalculated on same day if major errors are detected, report says
Christine Lagarde nominated for ECB presidency
IMF chief part of deal that sees German proposed for commission presidency
National Bank of Romania resists the populists – for now
Veteran governor Mugur Isărescu has run a largely successful campaign to defend the central bank’s independence during a turbulent year