In this issue:

- US Federal Reserve Board Proposal Requiring Banking Organizations to Include Legal Entity Identifiers on Reporting Documents

- Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry Testimony

- European Banking Authority Updates Periodic Risk Dashboard

- European Banking Authority Publishes Final Draft Implementing Technical Standards on Supervisory Reporting

- European Banking Authority Issues Consultation and Draft Guidelines on Limits on Exposures to Shadow Banking Entities

- European Central Bank Supervisory Board Code of Conduct Published in Official Journal of the European Union

- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Public Comment on Review of Credit Card Market

- HM Treasury Publishes Policy Paper on Competition and Choice in Banking

- HM Treasury Publishes Report on Digital Currency Standards

- European Securities and Markets Authority Consults on Extension of Disclosure Requirements for Private and Bilateral Structured Finance Instruments Transactions

- European Securities and Markets Authority Publishes Guidelines on Credit Rating Agencies Reporting Requirements

- The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Approves Final Rule on Residual Interest Deadline for Futures Commission Merchants

- International Organization of Securities Commissions and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Delay Phase-in Periods for Final Framework for Margin Requirements for Non-centrally Cleared Derivatives

- UK Regulator Bans Former Trader Following LIBOR Related Conviction in US

- German Regulator Imposes Fine on BlackRock Investment Management

- Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators Updates Designated REMIT Website Portal

- European Securities and Markets Authority Publishes Report on Implementation of Automated Trading Guidelines

- UK Government Reports on Payment Systems Subject to Regulation under New Payment Systems Regulator

- UK Government Creates New Type of Regulated Activity in Relation to Advising on Pensions Benefits Transfers or Conversions

- UK Government Reports on Development of Application Programming Interface Standard

- Department for Business Innovation & Skills Issues Guidance on Whistleblowing

- UK Government and Regulator Issue Joint Consultation on Transparency Amending Directive

- UK Government Reports on Cyber Risk Insurance

- UK Regulator Publishes Final Rules on New Senior Managers and Certification Regime

- Bank of England Announces Appointment of New General Counsel

- Events

- Excerpt from US Federal Reserve Board Proposal Requiring Banking Organizations to Include Legal Entity Identifiers on Reporting Documents:

On March 16, 2015, the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced a proposal requiring banking organizations to include their existing Legal Entity Identifiers on certain regulatory reporting forms as of June 30, 2015. The LEI is a unique reference code that enables easier identification of a firm’s legal entities. Comments on the proposal are requested within 60 days of publication in the Federal Register.