The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) was established in 2011 in the wake of the financial crisis. It is part of the new European System of Financial Supervision. In order to carry out its tasks, ESMA was allocated an impressive range of powers. The aim of this article is to...

The European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) was established by the EU at the beginning of 2011. Participating in its operation are national authorities and EU bodies (or agencies), which are known as European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs). Under the ESFS, day-to-day supervision remains...

Home country control has been a long-standing principle of supervisory governance in the internal market. However, in the wake of the financial crisis the principle has come under stress. This paper looks at ways to deal with home country control by putting forward for discussion a new paradigm...

The Capital Markets Union (CMU) is one of the flagship policy initiatives of the Juncker Commission. The Commission's strategy for realizing a CMU is set out in its White Paper on building a CMU. Besides describing the Commission's vision of a CMU, the white paper includes an action plan which...

This article takes stock of one of the major innovations under the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS): the breach of Union law procedure. Under this procedure, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have a key role to play in policing breaches of Union law, but they have rarely...

As a result of the establishment of the Single Supervisory Mechanism, the ECB was vested with significant supervisory tasks in the prudential field. The ECB exercises these tasks with a view to contribute to the safety and soundness of credit institutions and the stability of the financial...

The Capital Markets Union is the European Commission's latest policy initiative in the capital markets field. It is a project in the making. Much of it remains to be spelled out and fleshed out. However, the first elements of a future CMU are slowly beginning to emerge. The aim of this paper is...

The establishment of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), as the first pillar of an EU Banking Union, represents a significant step towards greater integration in banking supervision. However, the scope of the SSM is limited to a group of Member States. Member States such as the UK have...