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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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Unprepared, the financial system will triple people’s bills for climate change
Climate impacts, uninsured costs, and failing banks: people will pay three times over for fossil finance....
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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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Bank Capital is Good for the Economy
The data from Basel III are in. Stronger, better capitalised banks are better for the EU’s...
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8% – We had a deal!
Europe’s “8% rule” requires bank shareholders to cover losses on up to 8% of the bank’s...
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#NoMoreCrises: Unkept Promises of Reform
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A Reaction to the Banking Crisis: Reinforce international prudential and resolution rules
Here we go again. Pouring public money onto the flames of the latest bank failure. Clearly,...
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Basel approach not sufficient to address climate-related risks
The publication of the “Principles for the effective management and supervision of climate-related financial risks” by...
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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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