The purpose of this paper is to highlight some issues and proffer solutions that can make sustainable finance become sustainable. One, there should be greater focus on how some aspects of finance can contribute to sustainability. Two, light-touch regulation may be needed to grow the relatively...

This paper draws on network theory to investigate European banks' sovereign debt exposures. Banks' holdings of sovereign debt build a network of financial linkages with European countries that exhibits a long-tail distribution of node degrees. A highly connected network core of 15 banks is...

Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the European real economy, European banks are likely expected to be confronted by a wave of non-performing loans. Focusing on a sample of large banks in the EU area over the pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic period, the analysis shows an extended...