EU Rules for Responsible Investing to Be Set for Insurers, Asset Managers in 2021 November 5, 2019 By Francesco Guarascio European Union finance ministers are set to adopt new rules this week that will require asset managers, insurers and pension...
Euro Zone to Launch Public Cryptocurrency in Response to Threat of Facebook’s Libra September 13, 2019 By Francesco Guarascio Euro zone governments and central banks are working on a long-term plan to launch a public digital currency that they...
Explaining Europe’s Growing Money Laundering Scandal April 8, 2019 By Francesco Guarascio The largest ever money laundering scandal in Europe is rippling through the region’s banks. It began in the Baltics and...
EU Financial Services Chief Warns of Market Disruption from No-Deal Brexit April 2, 2019 By Francesco Guarascio A no-deal Brexit would cause disruption and might also have an impact on liquidity in financial markets, the European Union...
EU Bank Reform Includes Insurance, Bad Loan, Other Sweeteners December 4, 2018 By Francesco Guarascio European Union finance ministers struck a deal on a major reform of banking rules on Tuesday, addressing some of the...
UK Finance Minister Urges EU to Help Devise Hard-Brexit Contingency Plans: Reuters September 20, 2018 By Francesco Guarascio Britain’s finance minister urged the European Commission to help devise European contingency plans for the financial sector in case of...
EU Urged to Develop Common Regulations on Cryptocurrency September 6, 2018 By Francesco Guarascio and Peter Maushagen The European Union should adopt common rules on cryptocurrencies and scrutinize how new digital units are distributed to investors and...
Update: EU to Weigh Tax Havens’ Blacklists Following Leak of Paradise Papers November 6, 2017 By Francesco Guarascio European Union states will on Tuesday bring forward a discussion on plans for a tax havens’ blacklists after newly leaked...
EU Aims to Hike Old-Age Protection with Proposal for Pan-Europe Pension Product June 29, 2017 By Francesco Guarascio The European Commission proposed on Thursday establishing a new pan-European pension product to increase private savings for old age and...
Insurance Hub Gibraltar Plans for End of EU Passporting After Brexit May 9, 2017 By Francesco Guarascio Gibraltar is preparing for a post-Brexit setup in which its firms will have no longer access to the European Union...