The Blog Financial reform for EU citizen
What is financial inclusion?
Reading level: Beginner
Read the news
213 articles

Better Regulation – an introduction
Welcome to a new series of blogs on “Better Regulation”. In this and the following articles,...
Reading level: Expert

Liquidity – a double-edged sword
Financial industry lobbyists are using concerns about market liquidity to try and scare policymakers away from...
Reading level: Expert

Broad support for CMU… from the financial industry
The European Commission is very confident about the level of support it claims for its Capital...
Reading level: Expert

Annual Report 2014
Finance Watch has published its annual report for 2014. The report includes a detailed description of...
Reading level: Beginner

Lessons from history #11 – The Monaco crisis from 1962-1963 and the emancipation of tax havens
In the early 1960s, tensions between France and Monaco culminated into a blockade of the city-state...
Reading level: Regular
#NoMoreCrises: Unkept Promises of Reform
Reading level: Regular


More useful, less interconnected. A UK view on bank structure reform
Thomas Lines, a British consultant and former journalist and lecturer, says the mandatory separation of retail...
Reading level: Expert

Too Big to Separate? A French and German defence of their biggest banks
Iain Hardie and Huw Macartney present here the outcome of their research on the political process...
Reading level: Expert

The continuous fling with investment banking
Compared to its neighbours France and Germany, Belgium passed a far more ambitious banking reform. However,...
Reading level: Expert
Get involved
You can help tip the balance! Strengthen our impact by joining our collective efforts.
