Kern Alexander gives a keynote lecture at Joint European Supervisory Authorities high-level conference on financial education and literacy. He analyses the EU regulation of sustainability disclosures and financial advice and the role of surveys in enhancing customer due diligence
🏦The @ECHR_CEDH’s judgment in Pintar and Others v. Slovenia has significant implications concerning procedural guarantees for shareholder and bondholders subject to bail-in under bank resolution law.
Don’t miss @ProfKAlexander’s Op-Ed at @EulawLive: https://t.co/WKgQuLhY3O
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UK-EU Brexit Trade Agreement provides some market access for goods but minimal access for services and university students lose the Erasmus programme. Was it worth it?
The Responsible Business Initiative is good for Swiss companies because it will lead them to improve their compliance with sustainability and human rights norms https://t.co/wrXPbGykt1
Joe Biden was declared the winner of the US presidential election today, having won the vote of Pennsylvania giving him 273 electoral college votes. He will also win Nevada (6 votes), Georgia (16 votes) and Arizona (11 votes), for a decisive 306 votes to Trump's 232 votes.
Going live soon! Join @XeniaKarametaxa and me on 21 September at our hybrid seminar "Blended Finance and Transforming Urban Areas" at the @UZH_en or online, with our special guest speakers, Ben Mansfield (RCDC) and Dr Lindsay Blair Howe (ETH). https://t.co/z3hrS0abwh
The European Central Bank should revise its mandate to make it clear that it supports a sustainable economy in pursuit of price stability. This will help the Eurozone escape from 10 years of economic stagnation and support global efforts to combat climate change and COVID-19.
Should banks pay dividends & bonuses during the Covid-19 crisis? Some regulators say no because banks will need to maintain their capital to lend more & absorb losses in the crisis. We discuss these bank governance & regulatory issues. https://t.co/uyy9IzEDDM #BankGovernance
The Research Network on Sustainable Finance was launched on December 1st 2019. The Network will facilitate academic and policy-based research into the role of financial markets in promoting environmental and social sustainability. https://t.co/p0guPF9QvC
The R20 has nice coverage on our seminar on sustainable finance with former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Austrian World Summit 2019:
https://t.co/4lN37WWMRD
Financial regulators have failed to address the risks of climate change, inequality and shadow banking. This is the first book to help us understand why these risks are important for banks and society.