Gold Magazine November - December 2013, Issue 32 | Page 91

banking BANKING UNION {ECONOMY} PROGRESSES AT SNAIL’S PACE EU FINANCE MINISTERS ADOPT REGULATIONS PAVING THE WAY FOR A SINGLE BANK SUPERVISION IN THE EUROZONE BUT FAIL TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON A SINGLE RESOLUTION MECHANISM. By Philippe Gudin de Vallerin I n October, the ECOFIN Council adopted the regulations creating a Single Supervisory Mechan