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When trust in the financial system disappears, panic sets in: fire sales of financial assets and bank runs can make the entire system collapse. Taxpayers are forced to bail out “too-big-to-fail” institutions to protect essential economic functions (deposits, credit, payment systems).

Mitigating implicit “moral hazard” requires sound prudential policies protecting essential banking services from excessive risk-taking and maintaining adequate capital levels to cover possible losses. Well-resourced, and independent supervision is also key. Finally, prudential regulation must also respond to new risks related to digitalisation (see “Digital Finance”) and climate change (see climate risk under “Sustainable Finance”).

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17 PUBLICATIONS

Consultation response

Response to Commission consultation on the market risk prudential framework

Position paper

MiFID II position paper “Investing not betting”

Position paper “Investing not betting” on MiFID II, the EU’s revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. Press release 24 April 2012.
Speech

Evidence to Liikanen hearing

Evidence given at hearing before the High-level Expert Group (HLEG) on possible reforms to the structure of the EU banking sector, led by Erkki Liikanen. Press release 14 May 2012 Speech
Open letter

Letter to US Senate Banking Committee

Finance Watch letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs urging the United States not to weaken its stance on Dodd-Frank and the Volcker Rule. Press release 29 March...
Factsheet

Cheat sheet: Short selling / naked CDS

Short selling involves selling a security one does not own and replacing it with one bought at a later date to benefit from a fall in price. Credit default swaps (CDS) are...
Position paper

CRD4 position paper “To end all crises?”

Finance Watch position paper on CRD IV, the European legislation implementing Basel III bank capital reforms.
Speech

Evidence at Parliament ECON hearing on CRA3

Finance Watch evidence at a European Parliament ECON Committee public hearing on the European Commission’s proposed reforms of credit ratings agencies (CRA3). Press release 24 Jan 2012
Consultation response

Response to MiFID questionnaire

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