European banks [What Think Tanks are Thinking]

European banks have come under the spotlight once again, as the unusual volatility of their share prices has raised question-marks about their health in a changing regulatory environment and about the sustainability of the euro area’s economic recovery more generally.

Euro-area banks have had to adapt to new resolution rules, which fully took effect in 2016 as part of EU efforts to create a Banking Union, having previously had to meet stricter capital requirements. Apart from having to operate in the context of a global economic slowdown, banks have also been affected by the European Central Bank’s negative interest rates policy.

This note offers links to recent commentaries, studies and reports from major international think tanks on problems faced by European banks and recent efforts to reform the sector.

Compiled by Marcin Grajewski.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Europe's Too-Big-to-Fail Banks Remain Risky http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-too-big-to-fail-banks-remain-risky/

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