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Brexit, the Leopard, and Financial Institutions
Brexit, the Leopard, and Financial Institutions
A new expression has just entered — through the main door(1) — the financial regulation parlance as a result of Brexit: Relocation…
Alessandro Portolano
Apr 6, 2019
Regulatory capital requirements under the “banking Package” as a driver for bank-as-a-platform…
Regulatory capital requirements under the “banking Package” as a driver for bank-as-a-platform…
The regulatory drive for ever increasing capital requirements for lending activities, combined with technological developments, will push…
Alessandro Portolano
May 19, 2019
Where will the Italian digital lending market go?
Where will the Italian digital lending market go?
Last Friday, Mr. Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy, delivered his Concluding Remarks (Considerazioni Finali) for 2018. The CF, as they…
Alessandro Portolano
Jun 2, 2019
Revenant: Why we should have a More Open Attitude to Reverse Enquiries
Revenant: Why we should have a More Open Attitude to Reverse Enquiries
The reverse enquiry has been largely — excessively, I believe — discredited. Here are a few reasons why we should reconsider that position…
Alessandro Portolano
Jun 12, 2019
All is quiet on the Western Front: Trench Warfare and the relationship between supervisors and…
All is quiet on the Western Front: Trench Warfare and the relationship between supervisors and…
I soldati s’erano accomodati anche lì e non parevano starci di peggio umore che altrove. Il posto era spaventoso, ma in compenso…
Alessandro Portolano
Jun 25, 2019
“Product Review” Obligations under MiFID II: A Dashboard for the Manufacturer
“Product Review” Obligations under MiFID II: A Dashboard for the Manufacturer
Assume Alfa Bank has structured an issuance of securities whose “target market” for MiFID purposes includes clients with a short-term…
Alessandro Portolano
Jul 12, 2019
The European Banking Authority Consultation Guidelines on Loan Origination and Monitoring…
The European Banking Authority Consultation Guidelines on Loan Origination and Monitoring…
Those of you who like skiing and are old enough to remember the dawn of the age of the “carver” skis in the mid ’90s will remember the…
Alessandro Portolano
Sep 2, 2019
Private Equity Funds Acquiring Financial Institutions: When Opposites Strive To Attract
Private Equity Funds Acquiring Financial Institutions: When Opposit...
By culture, regulators tend to prefer financial institutions to have a hard core of stable investors, whose pockets are sufficiently deep…
Alessandro Portolano
Oct 1, 2019
Banks’ Products Distribution Strategies: Three Lawyerly Remarks on a recent Econometric Research…
Banks’ Products Distribution Strategies: Three Lawyerly Remarks on ...
A very interesting paper from Danilo Liberati and Francesco Vercelli of the Bank of Italy came out yesterday. The paper is called As long…
Alessandro Portolano
Oct 12, 2019
Defending Financial Institutions in Italian Sanctioning Proceedings-Part 1
Defending Financial Institutions in Italian Sanctioning Proceedings...
Administrative sanctions are an integral part of the Italian financial supervision landscape. The optimal defensive strategy will of…
Alessandro Portolano
Nov 5, 2019
Defending Financial Institutions in Italian Sanctioning Proceedings — Part 2
Defending Financial Institutions in Italian Sanctioning Proceedings...
Whatever comes out of these gates, we have’got a better chance of survival if we work together” Maximus Decimus Meridius, a.k.a. “The…
Alessandro Portolano
Feb 12, 2020
Clash of the Titans: When the BRRD2 meets the MiFID2
Clash of the Titans: When the BRRD2 meets the MiFID2
Note: I started writing this post at the end of February. By the time the post was ready in early March, the COVID-19 crisis had violently…
Alessandro Portolano
May 3, 2020
Defending Financial Institutions in Italian Sanctioning Proceedings — Part 3
Defending Financial Institutions in Italian Sanctioning Proceedings...
I threw the kitchen sink at him but he went to the bathroom and got his tub (Andy Roddick after having lost the Wimbledon final to Roger…
Alessandro Portolano
Feb 5, 2021
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