The Program and Scientific Council and the Editorial Committee of the “Bezpieczny Bank” magazine invite you to submit papers for a special issue of “Bezpieczny Bank” No. 1 (102) 2026 devoted to covered bonds as instruments of financial market stability and development. The scientific supervisor and editor of the issue will be Dr Kamil Liberadzki, Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, Director of the Department of Economic Analysis and Risk at EBA.

The thematic scope of the issue includes, among others: The following topics are covered:

• Interpretation of legal regulations regarding the issuance of covered bonds in Poland, the EU (CRR, Covered Bond Directive), and globally,
• The role of covered bonds in financing mortgage and business loans,
• Risk and ratings of covered bonds – an investor’s perspective,
• Covered bonds as an element of bank liquidity and capital management,
• Covered bond issuance models in various jurisdictions additional point: The use of covered bonds in central bank operations,
• The impact of covered bonds on the stability of the financial system,
• Development of the covered bond market in Poland – barriers and prospects,
• Covered bonds in the context of ESG and sustainable. 

Deadlines:

• Deadline for submitting titles with a brief description of the articles: January 31,
• Deadline for submitting papers: February 28,
• Planned publication of the issue: the turn of the first and second quarters of 2026. 

Editorial Requirements: Articles should be scientific or expert in nature, contain references to current regulations and market data, and meet the editorial standards of the „Bezpieczny Bank” journal. Detailed editorial requirements are available on the journal’s website: www.ojs.bfg.pl in the “Information for Authors” tab.

✉ Please send submissions and questions to: redakcja@bfg.pl

Topic proposals and articles should be submitted in two languages – Polish and English. For texts submitted by foreign authors, the English version is required. The manuscript should not exceed 20 standard typewritten pages, i.e., up to 36,000 characters without spaces, per language version. In the event of significant discrepancies, the English version will prevail.