Risk and Regulation in Euro Area Banks : Completing the Banking Union

Since the last financial crisis, much work has been undertaken to strengthen the ability to respond to distress in the EU financial system. However, reforms enacted since the Single Resolution Mechanism was created in July 2014 as part of the Banking Union initiated in 2012 mainly focused on non-performing loans, and the third pillar of the Banking Union, namely a European Deposit Insurance Scheme, has not been completed.

Francesca Arnaboldi is an Associate Professor in banking and finance at the University of Milan, Italy. She gained her BSc and MSc in Finance from Bocconi University, Italy, her MSc in Financial Management from the University of London, CeFiMS, UK and her PhD in Finance from the University of Bologna, Italy. Francesca has been working as a Visiting Researcher in the Centre for Banking Research at the Cass Business School, City University, London, UK since 2009 and she is a member of the Research Center on Financial Studies at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. She has been a visiting researcher/associate member at several organisations including the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University; Centro di ricerca coordinata sulle misure di prevenzione personali e patrimoniali, University of Milan; Alphonse and Dorimene Desjardins International Institute for Cooperatives, HEC Montreal; and the Stern School of Business, New York University. Francesca’s research interests focus on international banking; corporate governance; bank competition and performance; financial innovation; bank regulation and supervision. Her research has been published in international peer-reviewed books and journals.