The financial crisis has made the need for a more integrated regulatory and supervisory framework for the financial services sector evident. An important step towards this aim is the establishment of the Single Supervisory Mechanism. European leaders have committed to moving toward a banking...

The financial crisis has made the need for a more integrated regulatory and supervisory framework for the financial services sector evident. An important step towards this aim is the establishment of the Single Supervisory Mechanism. European leaders have committed to moving toward a banking...

This paper looks at the number and value of Mergers and acquisitions that took place in the European Union financial industry in the 1990–2011 period. The process of mergers and acquisitions is the main method used by financial institution to grow and to obtain better performance. In the same...

The purpose of the current research is to study bank mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and to see whether they have implications on the productivity of the target banks, and also for the bidder bank. The aim of this paper is to see if, during 2002-2008 period, three banks from the European banking...

Criza financiară a făcut evidentă necesitatea unui cadru de reglementare și de supraveghere mai integrat pentru sectorul serviciilor financiare. Un pas important spre acest obiectiv este instituirea Mecanismului Unic de Supraveghere. Liderii europeni s-au angajat să se deplaseze spre o...