The Weiss affair, which culminated in the BVerfG ruling of 5 May 2020, marks a break-up point in the long-standing dialogue between the BVerfG and the CJEU. The judges in Karlsruhe refused to follow the decision rendered by the CJUE in a preliminary ruling and admonished the German parliament...

New bank resolution frameworks that aim to address the complex task of managing the collapse of a large financial institution stand on a considerable tension with basic principles and policy objectives of insolvency law. In this two-part study, we present an analytical framework that aims at...

Banking has drastically changed after the 2007-2009 financial crisis and its aftermath. Of all the reforms that impinge upon the ability of global banks to run their business, none is more consequential than the new frameworks on bank resolution, which try to end “too-big-to-fail”. Yet bank...

In accordance with Article 1.9 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) and Article 6.5 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), this study reviews central banks' and Debt Management Offices' (DMOs) mandates and operational procedures for a selected group of non-EU countries. It...

In accordance with Article 1.9 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) and Article 6.5 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), this study reviews central banks' and Debt Management Offices' (DMOs) mandates and operational procedures for a selected group of non-EU countries. It...

A growing consensus has emerged in the post-crisis financial regulatory agenda that the European architecture of financial supervision and regulation is far from ideal. Rather than moving to a ‘holistic', cross-sectoral regime such as the ‘twin peaks' model, the post-crisis reform simply...

Post-crisis European reforms have focused on 'micro' measures, like shoring up financial institutions, ensuring their solvency and sound supervision, and the resolution to deal with them in a crisis. However, bold 'macro' measures to deal with problems that cut across the whole financial sector...