PART I: GENERAL ASPECTS -- Chapter 1: Sustainable Finance in Europe: Setting the Scene; Danny Busch, Guido Ferrarini & Seraina Grünewald -- Chapter 2 : The European Commission’s Sustainable Finance Action Plan and Other International Initiatives; Danny Busch, Guido Ferrarini & Arthur van den...

"In late 2008, the world's financial system was teetering on the brink of systemic collapse. While the impacts of the global financial crisis would be felt immediately, at every level of the economy, it would also send years-long aftershocks through investment, banking and regulatory circles...

The European single market supported the creation of multinational banking groups. However, the European banking directives and the single license system were built along the model of the stand-alone bank and cannot keep pace with recent market developments. The national character of prudential...

After the 2008 financial crisis, over-the-counter derivatives markets were closely examined and determined to be a contributing factor. At the time, the four primary concerns with the derivatives markets were: (1) the limited number of interconnected market players, which raised the risk of...