
Banking and capital markets
While the world was saved from financial instability during the pandemic, new developments in the European Union’s financial system are emerging.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has not led to financial instability thanks to effective European Central Bank intervention and major government interventions, new developments in the EU financial system are emerging.
Our researchers monitor financial sector developments and public policy responses, and make policy recommendations with a specific attention to the role of the financial sector to support the EU’s green and digital transitions.
Recently published and updated

What can central banks do to take the Paris Agreement seriously?
Central banks should take a macro approach to managing system-wide risks stemming from the climate transition

The state of financial knowledge in the European Union: a new survey

Memo to the commissioner responsible for economic and financial affairs

Memo to the commissioner responsible for financial services

Memos to the European Union leadership 2024-2029
The full twenty Memos will be launched at this year's Bruegel Annual Meetings in September
Events

How can the insurance sector contribute to the Savings and Investment Union?
How can the insurance sector better support the Savings and Investment Union while balancing the benefits and risks of regulatory changes?

Obstacles to scale-up finance in the EU and how to address them
At this closed-door roundtable we will discuss scale-up financing in the EU

Regulating virtual assets: South Korean and European perspectives
How are regulatory approaches to virtual assets changing?
Podcasts

Nature on the balance sheet: a financial perspective
How can businesses, governments and financial institutions work together to tackle the global biodiversity crisis?

Climate change, the next big financial threat
A warming planet poses new risks to European sovereign debt. How can the continent protect itself?

Capital markets union - why now?
What is hindering the EU from achieving a Capital markets union?

What to do with frozen Russian assets
How could the EU help further fund Ukraine two years into the war?