Sollte die Finanzaufsicht reformiert und gestärkt werden? Nach Meinung von des Präsidenten des Deutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverbandes, Heinrich Haasis, hat sich die Finanzaufsicht in diesem Sommer bewährt, und das Bemühen um weitere Konvergenz und Kooperation im europäischen Bereich sollte...

The extensive public support measures for the financial sector have been key for the management of the current financial crisis. This paper gives a detailed description of the measures taken by central banks and governments and attempts a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of such...

In mid-September 2008, a global financial crisis erupted which was followed by the most serious worldwide economic recession for decades. As in many other regions of the world, governments in the euro area stepped in with a wide range of emergency measures to stabilise the financial sector and...

On 24 November 2015, the European Commission published a proposal to establish a European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS). The proposal provides for the creation of a Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) with a target size of 0.8% of covered deposits in the euro area and the progressive mutualisation of...