On 30 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published Policy Statement PS24/4 (“PS24/4”) setting out the final FCA Securitisation Sourcebook (“SECN”). Subject to the repeal of the Securitisation Regulation...more
6/7/2024
/ Asset Management ,
Due Diligence ,
EU ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hedging ,
Investors ,
New Legislation ,
New Rules ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Risk Retention ,
Securitization ,
UK
On 10 October 2022, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its report (the “Report”) to the European Parliament and Council on the functioning of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (the “EU Securitisation Regulation”) as...more
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On 12 April 2022, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) announced the publication of its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (“RTS”) specifying the requirements for originators, sponsors and...more
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On 24 June 2021, the UK Treasury (“HMT”) launched a call for evidence on the functioning of the UK Securitisation Regulation (“UKSR”). Article 46 of the UKSR required HMT to review the functioning of the...more
On 31 July 2018, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the risk retention requirements (the “draft Risk Retention RTS”) under the EU regulation intended to lay down...more
On February 9, 2018, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled in favor of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (“LSTA”) in its lawsuit against the...more
On 15 December 2017, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published a consultation paper (the “Consultation Paper”) containing draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the risk retention requirements (the “Risk Retention...more
On 26 October 2017, the European Parliament voted in plenary session to adopt the EU regulation intended to lay down common rules on securitisation and to create a European framework for “simple, transparent and standardised”...more
10/26/2017
/ Amended Regulation ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
ESRB ,
EU ,
EU Transparency Directive ,
European Parliament ,
Institutional Investors ,
Risk Retention ,
RTS ,
Securitization ,
Special Purpose Entities
The EU legislative institutions have now agreed compromise amendments to the proposed EU regulation intended to lay down common rules on securitisation and to create a European framework for “simple, transparent and...more
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (“ECON”) has today agreed compromise amendments (the “Compromise Amendments”) to the proposed EU regulation intended to lay down common rules on...more
12/9/2016
/ Capital Markets Union ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
ECON ,
EIOPA ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Risk Retention ,
Securities ,
Securitization ,
Special Purpose Entities
In its referendum held on 23 June 2016, the UK voted to leave the European Union (“Brexit”). On the following day, David Cameron announced that he will resign as Prime Minister on the election of a new Conservative Party...more
6/28/2016
/ Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Collateralized Loan Obligations ,
EU ,
EU Passport ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Member State ,
MiFID ,
Popular ,
Referendums ,
Risk Retention ,
Securitization Market ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
On 6 June 2016, Paul Tang MEP, the Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (“ECON”) of the European Parliament, published a “Draft Report”, consisting mainly of draft amendments (the “Proposed...more
6/13/2016
/ Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
ECON ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Risk Retention ,
Securities ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securitization ,
Special Purpose Entities
We discussed the European Commission’s (the “Commission”) proposal for a regulation (the “Regulation”) intended to harmonise existing EU laws applying to securitisations, including EU risk retention rules, and to create a...more
On 30 September 2015, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”)1 intended to harmonise existing EU laws applying to securitisations (including proposed...more
10/2/2015
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset-Based Lending ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Raising ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
EIOPA ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Funding ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investors ,
Originators ,
Risk Retention ,
RTS ,
Securitization ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Small Credit Institutions ,
Solvency II ,
UCITS