Afghanistan: Finance and Banking

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The European Commission’s Report On Banking Competitiveness: Charting A Course For Regulatory Reform
The European Commission has published a comprehensive report diagnosing the state of EU banking competitiveness and signaling the most significant policy intervention since Basel III completion. With European banks demonstrating strong capital positions but facing international competitiveness challenges due to market fragmentation and regulatory complexity, the report establishes competitiveness as a co-equal objective alongside financial stability. The gap between this July 2026 diagnosis and Q1 2027 legi
Afghanistan Finance
PL
PwC Legal Germany
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The Retail Investment Strategy – Building Retail Investors’ Trust In Capital Markets
The European Union's Retail Investment Strategy represents a comprehensive overhaul of investor protection rules across multiple financial services directives, fundamentally reshaping how investment products are manufactured, distributed, and disclosed to retail investors. With political agreement reached and formal adoption imminent, financial institutions face significant compliance challenges around inducements, value-for-money assessments, and enhanced disclosure requirements that will transform retail
Worldwide Finance
M
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SFDR 2.0: Where The Reform Stands
The EU institutions have reached consensus on replacing SFDR's Articles 8 and 9 with three product categories, but significant disagreements persist on fossil fuel exposure criteria and whether alternative investment funds marketed exclusively to professional investors should be exempt from the new categorisation regime. These unresolved issues carry particular weight for private markets participants navigating the evolving regulatory landscape.
European Union Finance
PR
Proskauer Rose LLP
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CJEU Ruling Clarifies Borrowing Rate Must Exclude Credit Costs—what EU Lenders Need To Do Now
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark ruling that fundamentally changes how consumer credit providers must calculate borrowing rates across all EU Member States. The judgment establishes that interest may only be applied to the actual credit amount made available to consumers, not to financed costs such as insurance premiums that form part of the total cost of credit. This binding decision has immediate implications for credit institutions, consumer lenders, and firms providing mo
European Union Finance
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PwC Legal Germany
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