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Formation | April 2011 |
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Type | Non-governmental organization |
Purpose | Promoting sound financial regulation |
Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
Region served | European Union |
Official language | English, French, German |
Secretary General | Benoît Lallemand |
Chair | Marek Hudon |
Vice-chair | Deepa Govindarajan Driver |
Website | www |
Finance Watch is a European non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on financial regulation. Based in Brussels, the organization focuses on financial regulation in the European Union.
Finance Watch was founded in 2011 by members of the European Parliament as a counterbalance to the financial lobby.[1] Its mission is "to strengthen the voice of society in the reform of financial regulation by conducting advocacy and presenting public interest arguments to lawmakers and the public as a counterweight to the private interest lobbying of the financial industry".[2]