Dear friends, dear interested, This means a breakthrough for more transparency: In response to my question, Fausto Parente, Executive Director of the European Insurance Supervisory Authority EIOPA, committed yesterday that his authority will make its central decision-making processes more transparent…

This week, the EU Commission is finalising the first delegated act to shape the rules for Sustainable Finance. These “taxonomy rules” will determine which financial products and investments can be labelled as green and sustainable and which cannot. Recently,…

Today, the G20 finance ministers are discussing a global minimum tax on corporate profits. On Monday, US Treasury Secretary Yellen had proposed a tax rate of 21 percent. Olaf Scholz left it open in his reaction yesterday whether he…

Commenting on US Treasury Secretary Yellen’s speech on a global minimum tax rate on corporate profits, Sven Giegold, finance spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, said: “This speech by Treasury Secretary Yellen is…