Robust regulators and their political masters : independence and accountability in theory / Marc Quintyn and Michael W. Taylor -- Independence and accountability in supervision : general principles and European setting / Lorenzo Bini Smaghi -- The fear of freedom : politicians and the...

This Essay discusses and analyzes the role of financial regulation and the state's interference through financial supervision with corporate governance of banks from economic and political perspectives. It suggests that the limits of corporate law and financial regulation cause the state to use...

Banks must maintain a balance between their own capital and the level of accepted aggregate risk to ensure financial stability. This paradigm is expressed in terms of capital adequacy requirements to both the minimum capital required to cover regulatory risks and the risk capital required to...

PART I: GENERAL ASPECTS -- Chapter 1: Sustainable Finance in Europe: Setting the Scene -- Chapter 2: The European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan and Other International Initiatives -- Chapter 3: Sustainable Digital Finance and the Pursuit of Environmental Sustainability -- PART...