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
On 24 July 2020, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its proposed amendments to the current securitisation framework set out in Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (the “Securitisation Regulation”)....more
The Securitisation Regulation applies to securitisations, the securities of which are issued (or where no securities are issued, the securitisation positions of which are created) on or after 1 January 2019....more
10/21/2019
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Lenders ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securitization ,
Securitization Standards ,
Securitization Vehicles ,
Special Purpose Entities ,
Transparency ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
This memorandum provides an update regarding the further delay in the application of the transparency regulatory technical standards (“RTS”) (which include the new reporting templates) under the EU Securitisation Regulation....more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published on its website late on 18 December 2018, a letter from the European Commission to ESMA dated 30 November 2018 (the “Commission’s Letter”), in which the...more
On 4 May 2017, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted a proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (“EMIR”) as regards the clearing obligation, the suspension of the clearing obligation, the...more
5/11/2017
/ Alternative Investment Funds ,
Amended Regulation ,
Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) ,
Counterparties ,
Derivatives Clearing Organizations ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Over The Counter Derivatives (OTC) ,
Pension Funds ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Special Purpose Entities
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”) published an updated version of the “Basel III Document – Revisions to the securitisation framework” on 11 July 2016 (the “Amended Securitisation...more
8/4/2016
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Basel III ,
Capital Requirements ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Securitization ,
Securitization Market ,
Securitization Standards ,
Transparency ,
UK
On 19 May 2016, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament (“ECON”) published a working document on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”) intended to...more
5/26/2016
/ Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Due Diligence ,
ECON ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Investors ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Risk Retention ,
Securitization Standards ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Transparency
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
Background -
Article 405 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU)...more
Introduction -
On 14 January 2014 the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached a high-level agreement in principle on updating the rules for the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive...more