The development of a long lasting relationship between banks and firms requires greater cooperation between the two parties, which must be based on transparency, availability of the right quantitative and qualitative information, the correct and complete use of these information by banks, in...

Establishing a European Banking Union offers clear opportunities: to break bank-fiscal interactions, national supervisory silos and home biases, to reduce fragmentation and improve single market, to stabilize the euro. Nonetheless it involves also risks related to the crisis management...

After the crisis and recent State interventions, the private nature of banks and their role in terms of public interest has been strongly questioned. In the new scenario, is there a scope for public banks? And what should be the regulatory framework to ensure that their strategy and management...

Ratings measure the counterparty risk for an issuer or an issue while Cds are a market evaluation of the same risk exposure. The market evaluation could be not aligned with the rating agencies’ judgment and the difference could be relevant. The article presents an empirical analysis on a...

The Aml (Anti money laundering) function in banks should be viewed not only as mere compliance with legislative requirements but as an investment aiming to guarantee stability in the bank’s core business. The article highlights the development of Aml legislation and illustrates how the Aml...

The traditional commercial banking model - based on accepting deposits and bonds and originating loans – is no longer sustainable. A new intermediation model, based on a separate management of monetary liabilities, on short-term credit and on long-term loans securitization, can be outlined,...

The Banking Union aims to design a single banking supervision mechanism to prevent banking crises or, when a crisis occurs, to avoid it becomes systemic. The pillars of the Banking Union are: a single rulebook for financial institutions in the European market, the strengthening of deposit...

Under-capitalization of Italian small and medium entreprises is a key weakness factor and a clear priority. New financial instruments and policies can give a substantial help