This study develops on the status quo in relation to the assessment of resolvability of credit institutions and banking groups in the Banking Union and the removal of substantive impediments to their resolvability under the EU legal framework governing banking resolution, as in force, taking due...

A clear trend is evolving as more and more banks and other financial institutions are being successfully sued before the civil courts of the Netherlands for breaches of their special duty of care (‘bijzondere zorgplicht'). Whereas it was initially mainly banks that had reason to worry about...

The paper discusses the most noteworthy measures taken or yet to be taken by the EU to combat the coronavirus crisis. Basically, the measures fall into four categories: (i) flexible application of EU rules that could hinder member states in their strenuous efforts to save their national...

The aim of the chapter is twofold. On the one hand, it explores the main features of theSustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. On the other hand, it tries to assesswhether the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation is likely to succeed inharmonising sustainability-related (i) disclosure...

The purpose of this paper is to explain the similarities and differences between regulated markets (RMs), alternative trading venues (i.e. multilateral trading facilities / MTFs and organised trading facilities / OTFs), and systematic internalisers (SIs) in Europe. The structure of the paper is...