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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464219503321

Autore

Theissen Roel

Titolo

Are EU banks safe? / / Roel Theissen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hague, Netherlands : , : Eleven International Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

94-6094-930-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

341.7511

Soggetti

Banks and banking - State supervision - European Union countries

Banking law - European Union countries

Banks and banking - Government policy - European Union countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Opening Remarks; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Questioning EU Banks and Their Regulation; 1.2 An Introduction to EU Banking Supervision; 1.3 Analysing Whether the CRD Is Fit for Purpose; 2 Goals of Prudential Banking Supervision; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Why Are Legislators Interested in Banking?; 2.3 Translation of Legislators' Interest Into Goals; 2.4 Ranking of Conflicting Goals in Prudential BankingLegislation; 3 Goals and Responsibility; 3.1 Introduction - Absolute or Aspirational Goals; 3.2 Which Goals Are Aspirational and Which Absolute?

3.3 The Link Between Absolute Goals, Tasks and Liability at theBank3.4 The Link Between Absolute Goals, Tasks and Liability of the Public Budget; 3.5 Accountability for (Aspirational) Goals; 4 CRD Fit For Purpose?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Basic Legal Issues on the CRD; 4.3 The Goals and the Definition of Banking; 4.4 The Birth, Life, Death Continuum - Solo or Consolidated,High Risk or Low Risk, Local or International; 4.5 The Goals and Risk/Capital Focused Supervision - Positive orNegative?; 4.6 Banking on a Union; 4.7 Blank Sheet Approach; 5 Overall Analysis, Recommendations and Summary

5.1 Introduction5.2 Overall Analysis; 5.3 Executive Summary; Acronyms and Definitions; Acronyms and Definitions; Curriculum vitae; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book will be of interest to those involved in the debate on changing or maintaining the way prudential banking supervision is structured and performed. The book builds on the descriptive companion book EU Banking Supervision (see book details directly above), but focuses on what banking supervision should do, and whether it is deliverable. This analysis flows from the personal experience and expertise of the author - as a customer of banks; as a legal, supervisory, and policy advisor on banking regulation; and from his involvement in national, EU, and worldwide negotiations on new legisla