Policy brief
14 March 2017
What happened to global banking after the crisis?
The global financial crisis allegedly led to the end of global banking. However, Dirk Schoenmaker finds that reports of the demise of global banking a
Banking union
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Podcast
10 March 2017
Banks and borrowers in distress — Europe's NPL crisis
European banks are struggling with high amounts of non-performing loans. We look at the reasons behind this crisis, and how it affects banks, borrower
Policy brief
08 March 2017
How not to create zombie banks: lessons for Italy from Japan
How can Italian banks address the issue of non-perfoming loans? What lessons can they learn from Japan?
Blog post
23 February 2017
Should we worry about Greek banks?
Earlier this month, the IMF and the European institutions clashed over conditions for sustainability of the Greek debt. One of the main disagreements
Policy brief
09 February 2017
Brexit and the European financial system
Brexit will lead to a partial migration of financial firms from London to the EU27. This Policy Contribution provides a comparison between London and
Policy brief
08 February 2017
Making the best of Brexit for the EU27 financial system
The EU27 needs to upgrade its financial surveillance architecture to minimise the financial market fragmentation resulting from Brexit
Blog post
07 February 2017
Bruegel conference discusses strategies to tackle Europe’s NPL crisis
Bad loans and private sector debt distress are widely acknowledged to hold back investment and growth in Europe. It was good, then, to hear ECB Vice-P
Opinion piece
06 February 2017
China banks in 2017: No rebound in sight, rising risks for smaller banks
Alicia García-Herrero finds it unlikely that risk in the Chinese banking sector will abate any time soon. And the worries are strongest for smaller i
Blog post
23 January 2017
Will better insolvency standards help Europe’s debt deleveraging?
Insolvency regimes in the euro area are on the whole costly, lengthy, and recover little value. A new directive proposed by the Commission sensibly ai
Opinion piece
04 January 2017
ECB finally addressing Italian bank woes
Italy’s banking problem has been left unaddressed for too long. Similar to Japan in the 1990s, it is best understood as a combination of structural an
Blog post
27 December 2016
The strange case of the MPS capital shortfall
Italy's banking saga continues with the announcement that beleaguered MPS may need to find an additional €3bn. What exactly has changed, and what does
Policy brief
06 December 2016
The impact of the legal and operational structures of euro-area banks on their resolvability
Following the financial crisis, the question of how to handle a big bank’s collapse has come to the fore. This Policy Contribution evaluates the obsta
External publication
06 December 2016
The impact of the legal and operational structures of euro-area banks on their resolvability
This paper evaluates the obstacles to resolvability that the legal and operational structures of the large
euro-area banks could present, assuming th
Policy brief
30 November 2016
What impact does the ECB’s quantitative easing policy have on bank profitability?
This Policy Contribution shows that the effect of the ECB’s QE programme on bank profitability has not yet had a dramatically negative effect on bank
Blog post
29 November 2016
Can public support help Europe build distressed asset markets?
Distressed asset investors can relieve banks of their NPL overhang and offer valuable restructuring expertise, although banks will need to realise a f
Opinion piece
28 November 2016
Japanese banks and US$ liquidity: Squeezed between expensive deposits and the BoJ
For the last few years, Japanese banks have aggressively expanded their assets overseas, which has helped increased their stubbornly low profitability