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Integrating Europe's Financial Markets »
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589066236.071
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
By and large, EU financial integration has been a success story. Still, the reform agenda is far from finished. What are the remaining challenges? What are the gains of closer financial market integration? This IMF...
1 Toward a Single Financial Market »
Source: Integrating Europe's Financial Markets
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
Europe has made considerable progress in integrating its financial markets. 1 In the 1957 Treaty of Rome, the founding fathers of the European Union (EU) set out to create a commo...
2 Key Concepts, Benefits, and Risks »
Source: Integrating Europe's Financial Markets
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
This chapter provides a bird’s-eye view of financial integration from a conceptual standpoint and also outlines its potential risks and benefits. At a very broad level, the integration of financial markets i...
3 Current State of Play »
Source: Integrating Europe's Financial Markets
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
This chapter reviews the current state of financial integration in the European Union, with a particular focus on the interplay among integration policies, the architecture of financial markets, and actual p...
4 Comparing Europe and the United States »
Source: Integrating Europe's Financial Markets
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
This chapter analyzes differences in efficiency and competition between EU and U.S. banks and puts these differences in the context of historical developments and market structures. 1...
5 Equity Market Integration »
Source: Integrating Europe's Financial Markets
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
This chapter reviews the progress made in integrating Europe’s equity markets. As noted in Chapter 3, it is more difficult to discern trends in the integration of equity markets than in other markets, in par...
6 Risk Profiles of Financial Institutions »
Source: Integrating Europe's Financial Markets
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
This chapter 1 explores the impact of financial integration on system-wide risk profiles of publicly traded European financial institutions. The chapter provides an overview of in...
7 Internationally Active Large Banking Groups »
Source: Integrating Europe's Financial Markets
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
This chapter 1 focuses on the international diversification of and associated risks for the 12 most internationally active large banking groups (ILBGs) in the European Union. The...
8 Bank Business Correlations »
Source: Integrating Europe's Financial Markets
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
This chapter 1 investigates bank business correlations within individual countries and across countries in Europe. In doing so, it seeks to disentangle the relative importance of...
9 Assessing Current Prudential Arrangements »
Source: Integrating Europe's Financial Markets
Series: Books
Author(s): Jörg Decressin , Wim Fonteyne , and Hamid Faruqee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 September 2007
ISBN: 9781589066236
Keywords: financial markets, financial institutions, financial services
This chapter analyzes regulatory and supervisory frameworks in the European Union, building on assessments carried out under the IMF-World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program(FSAP). 1...