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Alexander Rondos has been appointed as the EU's special representative for the Horn of Africa. The EUSR's job is to contribute to efforts to achieve peace, security and...

Senior Associates – European Banks

Banking supervisors say more rigorous tests are necessary to avoid a repeat of bank failures. The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) announced today (26...

Policymakers and the financial sector sought the nirvana of a complete market – and instead brought on a crisis. John Maynard Keynes famously wrote that “the ideas of...

It is impossible to prevent future economic crises, but it is possible for European decision-makers to minimise the damage. “Never again” is the mantra that many...

Examining the role of politics in central banking. These are uncertain times for the world's central banks, those (usually) government-owned institutions that, in recent...

German chancellor says there is a role for non-eurozone members in responding to the eurozone's debt crisis. David Cameron, the UK's prime minister, and Angela Merkel,...

The European Commission is increasingly at odds with the demands of the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament over how to implement better supervision of the...

A Conservative victory in next year's general election in the UK might complicate the EU's attempts at reforming financial services supervision. UK Prime Minister Gordon...

There are some fine ideas being put forward on how to repair damaged financial markets, but what will happen is still far from certain. The leaders of the European Union are...

An increase in protectionism across Europe poses a very serious threat to the single currency, but don't bet on a sudden implosion. European monetary union will not end...

Central banks within the euro system should, though, have a greater role in supervising banks. Lucas Papademos, a vice-president of the European Central Bank (ECB), opened a...

Central banks must step up to the plate and take a bigger role in financial regulation, however uncomfortable that may be for some. Last Thursday we saw the first...

With financial institutions being shaken by poor trading performance and bad debts, is there anything that private investors can do to protect their money? Stuart Langridge...

Insurance companies may soon be able to operate cross-border without being subject to host country regulatory controls, according to solvency rules to be proposed next month...

Two MEPs discuss the integration of European financial markets

Europe's bourses are in the headlines of European newspapers almost daily at present, which is probably overdone given their relatively small size in terms of revenue. If it...

Exchange rates rarely feature in formal economic forecasts. They are too unpredictable. But this does not mean that the small print on the final page of the autumn economic...

Businesses and national regulators are supposed to be working hard to achieve the European Commission's ambition of a single market for financial services. But after seven...

By a series of high-profile public statements, the US has been informed, in no uncertain terms, that plans for the giant New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to bulldoze its way...