A European Mandate for Financial Sector Supervisors in the EU

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Financial Sector ◽  
The Eu

Taxing the EU Financial Sector: Who Pays?

CFA Magazine ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 49-49
Author(s):  
Agnès Le Thiec
Keyword(s):  
Financial Sector ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Oil Price and Stock Prices of EU Financial Companies: Evidence from Panel Data Modeling

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 4072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Horobet ◽  
Georgiana Vrinceanu ◽  
Consuela Popescu ◽  
Lucian Belascu
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Real Economy ◽  
Macroeconomic Variables ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Oil Price Risk ◽  
The Eu

Crude oil is an indispensable resource for the world economy and European Union (EU) countries are strongly dependent on oil imports. In a framework defined by generally positive correlations between oil and stock prices, the paper investigates the relationship between financial companies’ stock prices and crude oil price using a sample of major financial companies headquartered in the EU. The link between stock prices and oil price risk is modelled using a set of macroeconomic variables that includes local stock market indices, the EUR/USD exchange rate, the oil imports dependency, inflation rate, and global volatility indices. We employ panel data as the base econometric model and an ARDL extension that is more appropriated for our research objectives. Our findings show that the EU financial sector is pervasively exposed to oil price changes over the long-run and this exposure is a component of financial companies’ exposure to real economy risk factors, which points towards the key role of the financial sector in the EU economy in transmitting systemic shocks. At the same time, we detect signs of a different behavior of market investors over the short-versus the long-run concerning the valuation of financial companies’ stock prices in relation to oil price and other macroeconomic variables, which raises distressing challenges for financial authorities.

scholarly journals Ukrainian Banking Regulation: Its Challenges and Transition towards European Standards

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-81
Author(s):  
Olga Afanasyeva ◽  
Armin J. Kammel
Keyword(s):  
Strong Support ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Banking Regulation ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Formal Basis ◽  
Regulatory Measures ◽  
European Standards ◽  
The Eu

AbstractFor the last years, Ukraine and particulalry its financial sector were seeking to gradually apply and comply with EU standards. Latest with the signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in 2014 the transition towards EU standards has a formal basis. Since then, Ukraine – with strong support from the EU – is in the process of implementing legislative and regulatory measures in order to comply with this Agreement. Against this background, this contribution wants to shed some light into Ukraine’s efforts as well as to explain some of the complexities of this process by providing an in-depth background of the current Ukrainian banking regulation, its economics and the challenges of complying with new EU standards.

On the impacts of allowance banking and the financial sector on the EU Emissions Trading System

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotirios Dimos ◽  
Eleni Evangelatou ◽  
Dimitris Fotakis ◽  
Andreas Mantis ◽  
Angeliki Mathioudaki
Keyword(s):  
Emissions Trading ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Trading System ◽  
Eu Emissions Trading System ◽  
Emissions Trading System ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Financial Crisis and Fiscal Policy: An Assessment of the EU-Member Balkan States

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Servet Akyol
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Fiscal Policies ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Public Deficit ◽  
Debt Burden ◽  
Balkan States ◽  
The Eu

The objective of this paper is to study the economic and social results of the post-crisis fiscal policies concerning the Balkan States that are members of the EU. The global crisis, which broke out in the US in 2008, had a deep effect on both developed and developing countries. Until today different policies have been put on the agenda in order to eliminate or alleviate the impacts of the crisis. In this context, bailout and stimulus packages were firstly implemented. Stimulus packages were replaced by austerity policies because of the increasing public debt and budget deficit after 2010. Fiscal policy focused on reducing the debts instead of supporting the economic activities. This study is based on historical and descriptive method. It examines the development of post-crisis fiscal policies in the Balkan States that are members of the EU. In this study, public expenditure, public debt, public deficit and unemployment rate are used as the main indicators. The effects of fiscal policy will be compared between countries. This study also suggests that although the crisis resulted from financial sector, burden of crisis was transferred to public sector. Moreover, in many countries, because of its increasing deficit and debt burden, public sector became depended on financial sector that was rescued before. After the crisis, fiscal policies has led to significant economic and social costs in the Balkan States that are members of the EU.

A European Mandate for Financial Sector Supervisors in the EU

2009 ◽  
Vol 09 (5) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
International Monetary Fund
Keyword(s):  
Financial Sector ◽  
The Eu

Consumer Protection in EU Residential Mortgage Markets: Common EU Rules on Mortgage Credit in the Mortgage Credit Directive

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 223-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatjana Josipović
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Mortgage Loans ◽  
Mortgage Markets ◽  
Residential Mortgage ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Mortgage Credit ◽  
Mortgage Credit Directive ◽  
The Eu

AbstractFor many years now, there has been an attempt in the European Union to create a common legal framework for mortgage credit contracts and cross-border activities in the mortgage financial sector. One of the greatest challenges has been the establishment of a corresponding level of consumer protection in EU residential mortgage markets. This issue has become particularly important at the time of financial crisis. Consumers are increasingly exposed to the risk of losing their homes because of failing to fulfil, in due time, their obligations arising from mortgage loans, and thus losing confidence in the EU financial sector. Therefore, the European Union has intensified its efforts to improve consumers’ ability to inform themselves of the potential risks when entering into mortgage loans and mortgaging their real property. On 4 February 2014 the EU adopted the new rules on mortgage credits in the Mortgage Credit Directive. The main objective of the Directive is to increase the protection of consumers in EU mortgage markets from the risks of defaults and foreclosures. A higher level of protection must be ensured by consumers’ increased information capacity related to mortgage credits, as well as by developing a responsible mortgage lending practice across the EU. The Mortgage Credit Directive is also aimed at contributing to the gradual establishment of a single internal market for mortgage credits. In this chapter, the author analyses previous and current attempts by the EU to establish a uniform market of mortgage loans, and assesses the possible impact of the Mortgage Credit Directive on the protection of consumers in the market of mortgage credits and on the development of cross-border activities in the mortgage financial sector. Special emphasis is placed on the possible impact of the new EU rules on mortgages on national protection measures aimed at consumer protection at the time of financial crisis. The transposition of the Mortgage Credit Directive will undoubtedly contribute to a higher level of consumer protection when consumers enter into home loan contracts. However, the question arises whether, because of different levels of harmonisation of some rules laid down in the Directive, its implementation will actually contribute to an increase in cross-border home loans. The possibility for Member States to opt for increased consumer protection in some aspects of credit agreements when implementing the Directive, or the existence of different options for the exercise of individual rights that they may use cannot bring about an integration of mortgage credit markets.

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