Nicolas Véron

Hearing at the Dutch House of Representatives on Russia's immobilized reserve assets

In a parliamentary roundtable held in hybrid format yesterday, I testified on Russia's immobilized reserves together with Marc Roovers (De Nederlandsche Bank), Nico Schrijver (Leiden University), Bill Browder (Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign) and Martin Sandbu (Financial Times). My brief prepared statement was republished by PIIE. The video of the event is available here.

Financial Statements: Update on Ukraine's financial situation as war enters third summer

In this week's episode on June 25, I hosted Maria Repko, deputy director of the Centre for Economic Strategy in Kyiv, and Elina Ribakova of Bruegel, PIIE and the Kyiv School of Economics. 

Europe's Banking Union at Ten: Unfinished Yet Transformative

My new book on European Banking Union was published this week by Bruegel in PDF format, and simultaneously as a Working Paper by the Peterson Institute. Initially suggested two years ago by PIIE President Adam Posen, this was a labor of love that led me to revisit a lot of related literature and interview a number of key protagonists. The Bruegel version includes a wonderful foreword by Bruegel Director Jeromin Zettelmeyer, and will be printed in physical book format in the next few weeks.

Bruegel also organized a launch event on Tuesday (June 25), of which the video recording is available in replay. It featured European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, former ECB Vice President Vitor Constâncio, and senior Commission official Maarten Verwey, with moderation by Rebecca Christie. 

Separately, independent host Tim Gwynn Jones recorded a podcast in which he quizzed me about some of the main novel findings I presented in the book, particularly the decision-making sequence in late June 2012 that shaped the establishment of European Banking Supervision, the main component so far of the broader banking union project which came into force a decade ago. 

Financial Statements: China's experience of promoting venture capital investment

In yesterday's session, I hosted Li Bo of Peking University Guanghua School of Management and Daniel Gros of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi University, comparing Chinese and European experiences of government intervention in the venture capital market.

Financial Statements: Can auditors better serve investors' needs?

In the session on May 14, I hosted Saba Qamar of the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and Charles Henderson of the UK Shareholders' Association.