Jack Schickler

Europe News

Euro finance ministers call for relaunch of bank securitisation

The complex lending instruments that caused the 2008 crisis top a wishlist of financial reforms.

12/03/2024

Europe Decoded

Who is Keir Starmer, the next UK Prime Minister?

The 61-year-old lawyer turned Labour politician has brought the party to victory in Westminster.

07/03/2024

Business

Brussels' pensions plan is not working

Two years after the new law took effect, the much-heralded pan-European pensions product has only one provider, in just four member states.

07/03/2024

Europe News

Exclusive: Governments mull stripped-down sustainability law

A new draft circulated to Member States seeks to rescue landmark sustainability legislation as elections loom.

06/03/2024

Europe News

Von der Leyen sets out defence strategy

The new plans won’t see direct weapon purchases, nor offer lavish funding previously promised by officials.

05/03/2024

Europe News

Corporate sustainability rules in doubt after failing secretive national vote

A new law requiring companies to check supply chains for slavery and pollution failed to overcome qualms from Rome and Berlin.

28/02/2024

Europe News

Frankfurt wins bid to host new anti-money laundering authority

The German financial centre beat off competition from eight others as the EU puts the final touches to dirty-money reforms.

23/02/2024

Europe News

Court of auditors slams horse-trading with Orbán over rule of law

Brussels efforts to coax back wayward members like Poland and Hungary are far from foolproof, the budget watchdog said.

22/02/2024

Europe News

Brussels bids to improve citizens’ financial savvy

Poor understanding of personal budgeting and financial markets has both social and economic costs, officials believe.

21/02/2024

Business

Welcome to the bizarre world of shell companies

Millions of implausibly registered legal structures pose a risk of money laundering or evasion of tax and sanctions, Euronews was told.

15/02/2024

Europe News

MEPs approve measures to tackle impersonation scams

New EU rules aim for easier access to cash with fairer charges, Poland’s Marek Belka said.

14/02/2024

Business

Bank crisis fund is now full, agency chief says

Eurozone banks have been pouring billions a year into a controversial EU fund designed to limit taxpayer bailouts – but it still might not be enough, a senior official said.

13/02/2024

Green News

Corporate sustainability rules face German, Italian qualms

A supposedly routine vote on the EU’s due diligence law has been postponed, signaling trouble ahead.

09/02/2024

Green News

German vacillation puts corporate sustainability law in doubt

The bloc’s largest member has said it won’t support the green supply-chains law, causing jitters in Brussels and Berlin.

08/02/2024

Business

Controversial post-Brexit EU clearinghouse law finalised

A new EU law agreed early this morning compels banks to use domestic financial infrastructure – but not everyone’s happy.

07/02/2024

Business

Dubai clearinghouse barred from EU access

The United Arab Emirates appears on the EU’s list of suspect dirty-money jurisdictions.

06/02/2024

Money

Finfluencers warned over investment advice

Social media promotions may breach EU rules against financial-market abuse, ESMA said.

06/02/2024

Green News

ESMA securities regulator to be handed new green rating powers

Analysts who seek to classify environmental, social and governance performance will be scrutinised directly by EU watchdogs under a new legal deal.

06/02/2024

Europe News

Lawmakers seek to limit spoofing scams

A bid to cut a rising source of payments fraud could leave telco operators on the hook.

02/02/2024

Europe News

Green protests find unlikely ally: banking regulators

EU officials have threatened fines on banks that don’t take climate change seriously.

01/02/2024