About: Jonathan Hill
Former Commissioner takes UBS shilling as revolving door keeps turning
Swiss bank UBS has hired the UK's former European Commissioner, Jonathan Hill, to advise corporate customers about Brexit, it was revealed on Tuesday (29 May), prompting 'revolving door' concerns once again.
Parliament freezes Commissioners’ pensions over code of conduct row
EXCLUSIVE / MEPs have responded to the recent conflicts of interest concerning members of the Barroso Commission by freezing part of the allowance granted to former Commissioners at the end of their mandate. EURACTIV France reports.
Georgieva resigns to join World Bank
Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva resigned on Friday (28 October) to take a job at the World Bank. EURACTIV France reports.
UK Commissioner: After Brexit, resigning was the right thing to do
Britain’s outgoing Commissioner Jonathan Hill has said he resigned as a matter of principle after the UK’s vote to leave the European Union because the public feel that politicians do not take enough account of their opinions.
UK’s King could be a Commissioner ‘without portfolio’
The British ambassador to France, Sir Julian King, will take over as the UK's European Commissioner after the resignation of Jonathan Hill. It is not yet known which, if any, portfolio the diplomat will be given. EURACTIV France reports.
Cameron faces uphill battle to place new EU Commissioner
Prime Minister David Cameron has suggested naming Britain's Ambassador to France, Julian King, as its new member on the European Commission, EU sources said yesterday (5 July), but faces resistance from EU lawmakers.
UK Commissioner wades into Brexit debate
UK Commissioner Jonathan Hill has warned that Britain’s ‘Brexit’ from the EU would put London’s status as the bloc’s pre-eminent financial hub at risk.
EU’s new tax haven blacklist doomed to failure, warn campaigners
New European Union rules to force multinational companies to publish their tax bills were criticised on Tuesday (12 April) by campaigners for being too weak to stop tax-dodging corporations hiding their profits.
EU, US strike deal to avoid disrupting derivatives market
The European Union and the United States agreed yesterday (10 February) to accept each other's derivatives rules in a long-awaited step to avoid splitting the $550 trillion market.
Commission aims at having full European deposit insurance scheme by 2024
Bank deposits within the EU up to 100,000 euros, no matter which bank or country they are in, should be guaranteed by 2024 by a European fund, the European Commission proposed on Tuesday (24 November).
MEPs approve rules shining a light on ‘shadow banking’
Financial transactions using shares, or other assets, to secure credit, will come under greater scrutiny after the European Parliament approved a new law on Thursday (29 October) on the 'shadow banking' sector.
Commission presents piecemeal Capital Markets Union strategy
The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday (30 September) its strategy to strengthen capital markets in Europe, and thus reduce the “very high dependence on bank funding", as President, Jean-Claude Juncker put it, when he took office last year.
Hill woos bankers ahead of capital markets announcement
Days before the European Commission presents its long-awaited proposal to reduce the “very high” dependence on bank funding from European businesses, the executive appeared to have softened its tone towards the banking sector.
France wants EU’s Capital Markets Union to back ‘European champions’
European Union plans to make its capital markets more efficient at raising funds for the economy could also help deepen eurozone monetary integration and create a new breed of European industrial champions, France has said.
EU finance ministers asked to set Capital Markets Union priorities
The Latvian Presidency of the European Union has called on the EU to set out clear priorities in order to generate momentum for the Capital Markets Union plan to lift growth.
House of Lords praises Capital Markets Union
The House of Lords welcomed plans for a Capital Markets Union on Thursday (19 March), calling it “a major engine for stimulating growth.”
EU law could boost ‘safe’ securitisation
The European Commission will consider reducing how much capital banks must hold against risk for a new class of asset-backed securities, a process of packaging and selling loans blamed for the financial crisis.
Lord Hill: It’s time to refocus on growth
The EU should shift its focus from financial stability towards growth, according to Lord Hill, UK Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union.![[aranjuez1404/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/02/euro_money_budget_creditaranjuez1404_flickr.jpeg)
European Commission mulls super-regulator for capital markets
EXCLUSIVE: The Commission is set to test the waters on creating a new super-regulator for capital markets, despite opposition from the larger member states when it publishes a green paper later this month.
Commission: Beware digital media’s tribal lure
Digitisation poses a danger to media diversity and the EU should focus as much on content and quality as access issues within the European Commission’s digital single market strategy, a senior EU executive claimed recently.
No super-regulator foreseen in EU plans for capital markets union, official says
The European Union's plan to build a capital market union (CMU) will not include a super-regulator for markets in the same way the European Central bank now supervises top eurozone lenders, a senior EU official said on Wednesday (21 January).
New card payment caps agreed by Parliament, Council
An initial deal on capping fees charged for paying with debit or credit cards across the 28-nation European Union was reached yesterday (17 December) by the Council and parliament’s economic committee.
EU may scrap plan to separate bank trading activities
The European Union may ditch plans to force banks to keep high-risk trading activities separate from their main businesses because of opposition from some member states.