Since 2008, the G20, the US and the EU have taken important steps to safeguard financial stability and reshape the global financial system. Some arrangements are being put in place at the national, regional and international level. The regulatory framework includes now OTC derivatives, hedge...

From individual investors to corporations and financial firms, derivatives have been used to hedge against, or speculation, changes in prices, rates, indexes, potential defaults on debts. Without any oversight, derivatives market and especially OTC derivatives rapidly became out of control...

Existing funding sources in the companys is vital for the functioning and development. Cost of funding sources may vary from one company to another, at least for their own funding sources. However, for external funding sources, the market has reached a level where the cost of financing and, thus...

During the current global financial crisis has called into question the role and objectives of the regulation of financial markets and its scope of action. Liberalization of financial services under the impact of globalization and strong innovative character of the financial system, architecture...

The theme “Nominal and Real Convergence in the Process of Single Currency Adoption in the New EU Member Countries”, is part of a first priority field for the development of the scientific knowledge as it aims, through interdisciplinary, economic, sociological and anthropological research and...

Financial system regulation and supervision are exercised in most cases, by national or regional central banks and / or other public entities. These entities may regulate and supervise the various components of financial system (banking, capital markets, insurance and reinsurance market,...

The European directives are a challenge to the study of competition in banking and financial industry. Many regulations were implemented in the last 20 years in European countries by the need to obtain the level of harmonization required for develop a single competitive financial market. The...

The general budget of the European Union is the instrument wchich set out and authorises the total amount of revenue and expenditures deemed necessaryfor the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community for each year. According to this can be observed every year EU policy priorities and...

Recent monetary and fiscal policy measures in response to the macroeconomic developments in the New Member States, in the context of the international financial and economic crisis during the years 2008 and 2009 which prolonged further in 2010 were characterized by heterogeneity and asymmetries....