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1. Introduction -- 2. General Observations -- 3. FinTech and Market-based Financing -- 4. European Approaches to FinTech: The Role of Regulation and the Evolution of Supervision -- 5. FinTech, Chain Transactions and Open Banking -- 6. FinTech Firms -- 7. FinTech and Money -- 8. FinTech, RegTech...

This paper compares four forms of inter-regional financial risk sharing: (i) segmentation, (ii) integration trough the secured interbank market, (iii) integration trough the unsecured interbank market, (iv) integration of retail markets. The secured interbank market is an optimal risk-sharing...

The paper provides an overview of the hedge fund industry, mainly from a financial stability and European angle. It is primarily based on an extensive analysis of information from the TASS database. On the positive side of the financial stability assessment, hedge funds have a role as providers...