The Great Financial Plumbing - From Northern Rock to Banking Union

The financial crisis has led to a far-reaching redesign of the European regulatory and supervisory framework for financial markets. This book provides students and professionals with a lucid guide to the new regulations and the policy context that led to the changes.

List of contents

1. The Policy Reaction to the Crisis: A moving target / 2. Credit Rating Agencies: The early targets/ 3. Game Change in Asset Management / 4. Solidifying Derivative Markets and Financial Infrastructure/ 5. New Capital Requirements: Basel III implementation in EU law / 6. The ECB as Bank Supervisor under the Single Supervisory Mechanism / 7. Recovery and Resolution, the Single Resolution Mechanism and Deposit Guarantee Schemes / 8. The EU's Bank State Aid Policy during the Crisis / 9. Conclusion: Safe to bank? / Annex: Overview of banking and finance legislation / Index

About the author

Chief Executive Officer at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels.

Product details

• Authors: Karel Lannoo, Lannoo Karel
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781783484287
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-428-7
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 304 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, International Economics, EU (European Union), Economic & financial crises & disasters, Economic and financial crises and disasters