Publications

“’Would you mind holding this for me?’ The (increasingly desperate) search for an answer to Europe’s NPL problem”

8 June 2018
Report

Finance Watch published today a detailed analysis of the European Commission’s package to tackle Non-Performing Loans (NPL): “’Would you mind holding this for me?’ The (increasingly desperate) search for an answer to Europe’s NPL problem”.

Finance Watch publishes Annual Report 2017

4 May 2018
Report

Brussels, 04 May 2017 - Finance Watch has published its Annual Report to stakeholders for 2017.

Speech at the Public Hearing on Brexit and its potential impact for Lower Saxony

3 May 2018
Speech

Hanover, 3 May 2018 - Statement by Prof. Rainer Lenz, Board director at Finance Watch at the Public Hearing of the Ausschuss für Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten und Regionale Entwicklung des Niedersächsischen Landtages on "Brexit and its potential impact for Lower Saxony"

Finance Watch recommendations for a Pan-European Personal Pension Product

4 April 2018
Report

Brussels, 4 April 2018 - Finance Watch publishes its comments and recommendations regarding European Commission's proposal for a Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) from June 2017.

Finance Watch Policy brief on Remittances

28 March 2018
Report

Finance Watch welcomes the Review of EU’s regulation on cross-border payments by the European Commission that would make cross-border payments cheaper within the EU and better inform users of dynamic currency conversion services.

GGFI 1 - report

14 March 2018
Report

First edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI), which ranks the world’s financial centres according to perceptions of the quality and depth of their green finance offerings.

The power of perception

6 March 2018
Report

The Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) is based on a perception survey of the depth and quality of green finance offerings in different financial centres. This post looks at how perception can complement historical data in measuring and promoting change and how this thinking has been applied to the GGFI.