Risk and Regulation in Euro Area Banks

Analyses the legislative proposal made by the European Commission in November 2015 for introducing a European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS)Investigates the system of calculating risk-based contributions to deposit insurance schemes currently in use in the Italian banking system and compares this to the system promoted by the European Banking AuthorityAssesses whether concerns raised by some member states on the burden of risk sharing and on moral hazard at the prospect of introducing EDIS are justified

Auteur

Francesca Arnaboldi is an Associate Professor in banking and finance at the University of Milan, Italy. She gained her BSc and MSc in Finance from Bocconi University, Italy, her MSc in Financial Management from the University of London, CeFiMS, UK and her PhD in Finance from the University of Bologna, Italy. Francesca has been working as a Visiting Researcher in the Centre for Banking Research at the Cass Business School, City University, London, UK since 2009 and she is a member of the Research Center on Financial Studies at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. She has been a visiting researcher/associate member at several organisations including the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University; Centro di ricerca coordinata sulle misure di prevenzione personali e patrimoniali, University of Milan; Alphonse and Dorimene Desjardins International Institute for Cooperatives, HEC Montreal; and the Stern School of Business, New York University. Francesca's research interests focus on international banking; corporate governance; bank competition and performance; financial innovation; bank regulation and supervision. Her research has been published in international peer-reviewed books and journals.

Contenu

1. The Euro Area Banking System: Where Do We Stand?.- 2. The Main Challenges Facing the Euro Area Banking System.- 3. Non-performing Loans in the Euro Area.- 4. Level 3 Assets and Sovereign Exposure.- 5. Progress on the First Two Pillars of the Banking Union.- 6. The Third Pillar of the Banking Union: The European Deposit Insurance Scheme.- 7. The European Deposit Insurance Scheme.