While some hope of a miracle occurring in the coming months remains, so does the question of whether the new Slovenian government is willing to invest enough political capital to push through the necessary reforms before the capital markets decide to lock Slovenia out once again.

Europe has crossed the red line of the sanctity of insured deposits by making them subject to a partial confiscation.

PARIS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The European Commission suspects the existence of cartels involved in manipulating lending benchmarks such as Libor and Eu...

It is now essential that Europe produces a deep, robust, transparent and effective pan-European cash equity market.

Let's face it -- the number of women on boards is a problem, and everyone knows it. Even old-school companies with homogenous leadership understand the business case for increasing the number of women on boards.

* Liikanen group recommends structural change to make banks safer * Regulators at European Commission to consider the proposals ...

* Banking union plan would be step towards integration * Proposal foresees ECB getting powers to police banks * Germany ...

Greek officials should certainly hope that collective European action will succeed in stabilizing these other two countries' economies. But they should also realize that too great a success could, ironically, map into a higher probability of a Grexit.

BRUSSELS, July 30 (Reuters) - Several banks under investigation for suspected euro rate-rigging have joined Deutsche Bank in giving information to E...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union proposed Wednesday to make manipulating key global interest rates a criminal offence. European Com...

* Largest fine ever imposed by CFTC, UK's FSA * Emails show traders asked for rates to be moved * U.S. g...

The American Robin Hoods are seeking economic justice. They want Congress to resurrect the financial transactions tax. Britain, home of Robin Hood, already charges a form of it. Ten European Union countries plan to institute it. America needs it.

* European leaders set to discuss banking union * Document details four "pillars" of economic union * Le...

It's important to remember that the financial industry is not monolithic. I was reminded of this over the past couple weeks as I worked to persuade financial professionals to come out in support of small taxes on trades of stocks, bonds, and derivatives.