Rewiring trade for a warming world
The challenge for policymakers is to build rules that function amid disagreement in a divided world. Dennis Snower discusses how COP30 can turn climate goals into trade rules
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Regulation
A threat to financial stability
Stablecoins have emerged as a major innovation with broad implications for payments and international finance. Richard Portes explores the risks such stablecoins pose to financial stability and measures that could contain these risks
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Challenges to financial stability
Andrew Bailey reflects on the reforms made to the financial system since the 2008 financial crisis. He addresses the challenges these reforms face in an ever-changing world and says the regulatory system of the future must be constantly assessed and adapted as needed
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Preserving the dynamism and credibility of stress testing
Stress testing is vital for supervising the safety and soundness of the largest banks and preserving the stability of the financial system. Michael Barr has concerns over changes to the stress test system being considered by the Fed
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Geopolitical shifts and their economic impacts on Europe
The rules-based international system has fundamentally altered. André Sapir, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard and Jeromin Zettelmeyer examine the short-term risks, medium-term scenarios and policy choices and discuss how Europe can hold its own in a multipolar world
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The struggle against hesitation
The EU is engaged in an unprecedented struggle for independence, values and democracy in a world shaped by the re-emergence of imperial ambitions. Simone Tagliapietra says Ursula von der Leyen is right to say Europe is in a ‘fight’ around competitiveness and values, but it may lack the right pugilistic attitude
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Building European autonomy
Rule of law is not the enemy of autonomy; it is its foundation. Christine Lagarde says the EU can pursue its policy choices because they are framed by legal commitments that others recognise and respect
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Booms and busts and the regulatory cycle
Periods of deregulatory zeal preceded all three of the most infamous financial meltdowns over the past century. Michael Barr sounds the alarm about the potential impact of Washington’s push to massively deregulate America’s financial sector
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The pricing of profit shifting
MNEs routinely allocate profits across jurisdictions with differing tax regimes. Fotis Delis, Manthos Delis, Sotirios Kokas, Luc Laeven and Steven Ongena examine how stock markets price profit shifting and consider the economic effects
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WCR Best International Financial Services Partner 2025
World Commerce Review is pleased to announce that BVI Finance has been awarded the WCR Best International Financial Services Partner 2025.
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