Strong Framework, Limited Dynamism On February 11, 2026, the European Commission launched a Targeted Consultation on the competitiveness of the EU banking sector. This consultation will serve as a key foundation for a report on the further development of the Savings and Investments Union (SIU) this year. The EU banking sector is highly stable, with
Europe's competitiveness
German government answers written parliamentary question on German securitisation task force
The German government has answered the FDP faction’s written parliamentary question on the final report of the German Financial Industry Initiative (“Taskforce Verbriefungen”) dated 23 December 2024 (for more information, see TSI kompakt from 7 January 2025). As expected, the federal government has not formulated any concrete plans in view of the upcoming elections. Concrete
Final Report of the Financial Industry Initiative: Written Parliamentary Question
On 16 September 2024, the final report of the Financial Industry Initiative on securitisation entitled ‘Strengthening Europe’s competitiveness: seizing the opportunities offered by securitisation’ was presented to the Federal Ministry of Finance (see TSI kompakt dated 16 September 2024). In this report, TSI and Association of German Banks (Bundesverband deutscher Banken, BdB) highlighted the importance