w/c Monday 24 June – Hunt faces uphill battle in Tory leadership election The member’s ballot in the Conservative Party leadership...

Indecision at European Council over Commission Presidency The 20 June European Council broke up not only without agreement on the...

Tuesday, 18 June – Second Conservative leadership ballot as candidates scramble for second place The 13 June first round ballot of...

ECB sources reiterate Draghi’s dovish message In our analysis of last week’s ECB Governing Council (GC) meeting, we noted that our...

Monday, 10 June – Conservative leadership contest to get underway in earnest as spectre of Farage looms Candidates for the Conservative...

Draghi adopts dovish tone after changes to forward guidance The latest ECB staff projections, published in conjunction with the 6 June...

Wednesday, 5 June - Salvini prepared for new budget showdown with European Commission The willingness of Salvini to use his enhanced...

Eurobank’s Pillar portfolio the first securitisation transaction in Greece to hold a public rating As noted in previous reports, binding...

w/c Monday, 27 May – Jockeying for Commission set to start, while European Election results raise chances of Italian election As expected...

GDPR anniversary marked by Google probe The shortage of large fines issued under GDPR a year after it came into force is due in part to...

Tuesday, 21 May – May to present ‘new’ proposals to cabinet in last-ditch attempt to get her deal over the line As had been likely for...

Finance Ministers adopt packages aimed at shoring up European banking sector and improving the functioning of the over-the-counter...

w/c Monday, 13 May – Theresa May to meet with 1922 Committee Executive, as Brexit déjà vu sets in Theresa May’s hold on her job is...

France and Germany push again for Financial Transaction Tax On Tuesday, France and Germany sent a revised proposal to all EU Member...

w/c Monday, 6 May – Cross-party Brexit negotiations to enter make or break phase, as local elections up pressure on two main parties As...

Italy returns to growth After two consecutive quarters of negative growth at the end of 2018, Italy’s economy recorded a 0.2% rise in GDP...

w/c Monday, 29 April – Process of coalition building to get underway following strong performance by PSOE Yesterday’s general election in...

Deutsche Bank ends discussions on potential tie-up with Commerzbank DB confirmed yesterday that it had ended talks with Commerzbank over...

w/c Monday, 21 April – Labour-Conservative talks set to continue, as Farage rises in European election polls As we noted in our 17 April...

ING joins the fray after no decision from Deutsche on Commerzbank merger With no decision on a potential linkup with Deutsche Bank this...