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Different civil society events have been, and are being, organised to explain the lack of financial reforms, and to raise demands from civil society for much more change ten years after the 2008 financial crisis….
What should happen by the end of 2018 in the financial sector
At the end of 2017, various NGOs are already preparing to “remember” the 10th anniversary of the fall of the large speculative investment bank Lehman Brothers on 15 September 2008, after which the EU fully…
Editorial by Peter Wahl
Dear readers, The series of landmark elections in France and Germany – and to a certain extent in the Netherlands and Austria – has lead to a dramatic upheaval in the political systems of the…
The FTT on the brink of failure
This newsletter has regularly reported on negotiations over the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). During this time, the tax had been declared dead by vested interests nearly every three months. The campaign against the FTT, fuelled…
Update financial reforms: roll-back at full steam
The outlook on financial reform through the G20 is getting bleaker every day. Even though some reforms agreed upon at the G20, such as Basel III for bank capital requirements, are progressing (with remaining gaps…
New mandates for EU supervisors: more financial integration and handling future challenges
After the financial crisis erupted in full in September 2008, governments and financial authorities in the EU realised that they had created a “single market” for the free cross-border movement of financial services and capital…
Old G20 privatisation wine in new Argentinean bottles
In its upcoming G20 Presidency, Argentina will focus on privatising infrastructure, as previous Presidencies have and as the G20’s “Compact with Africa” does, despite the negative record of privatisation and warnings from civil society. by…
Continued action on the capital market union: framing more deregulation and financial risks?
The EU has continued to expand its policy and regulatory framework, referred to as the Capital Market Union (CMU), to promote capital investment rather than bank loans. On 8 June 2017, the European Commission (EC)…
European expert group on sustainable finance calls for feedback
Since January 2017, a High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG) has been at work to provide operational and concrete recommendations to the European Commission (EC) for a comprehensive EU strategy to ensure that finance…
International action on tax evasion: from progress to counter movements
An OECD summary on international actions against tax evasion (fraud and avoidance), released before the G20 summit in Hamburg (July 2017), outlined some successes. The figures on participation in the automatic exchange of tax information…
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