EU Financial Regulation and Supervision

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Objective

This summer course will provide a compact overview of the regulation and supervision of financial markets in the European Union. Participants will learn about the main challenges faced and the approaches adopted by EU financial regulators and supervisors.

Key topics

- Overview of EU financial regulation and supervision
EU financial law-making
- The European supervisory architecture (EBA, ESMA & EIOPA), the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) and the role of the ECB
- Basel Capital Accords and the CRD/CRR bank capital adequacy requirements
- Bank crisis management: Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM), bank resolution and insolvency
- MiFID II/MiFIR and financial services regulation
- Market abuse regime: MAD/MAR
- Market transparency, prospectus requirements
- Climate finance: sustainable investments, ESG disclosure, green bonds, climate taxonomy
- Payments, clearing and settlement (PSD2, CBPR, EMIR, CSDR)
- FinTech, RegTech, SupTech, AI, cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets

Course leader

Jaroslav Opravil

Target group

The course is aimed at legal practitioners seeking an introduction to the regulation and supervision of financial markets in the EU.

Fee info