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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 10: Governance Requirements

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Solvency II is organised around three core pillars of prudential regulation, which ensure the safety and soundness of (re)insurers, in line with the scale, nature and complexity of their business: - Pillar One focuses on...more

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Governance Under CRD VI: Harmonized EU Requirements

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The Situation: Prior to the enactment of Capital Requirements Directive ("CRD") VI, corporate governance rules for the financial services industry were not harmonized across EU Member States....more

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Bank Capital Standards for Cryptoasset Exposures Under the Basel Framework

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On 17 July 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) finalized revisions to the prudential framework for banks’ exposures to cryptoassets. The revisions largely introduced additional requirements relating to the...more

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Q3 2024 Financial Institutions Outlook & Trends

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This article, updated quarterly, looks ahead to the areas expected to be prioritised by financial services regulators across the globe; we look at the key regulatory trends emerging from the past year which inform our...more

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European Commission Adopts Delegated Regulation Amending EU Capital Requirements Regulation Postponing Application Date of Own...

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The European Commission has adopted a Delegated Regulation amending the EU Capital Requirements Regulation with regard to the date of application of the own funds requirements for market risk. In addition, alongside the...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 9: Internal Models

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There are two main methods of calculating the solvency capital requirement (SCR) under Solvency II, the “standard formula” and “internal model” methods: (a) The standard formula method, as its name suggests, is the default...more

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CRD VI and the New EU Third-Country Branch Regime: Harmonization Means Restricted Access

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The Situation: The European Union ("EU") banking legislation has been substantially reviewed and provides notably for a new regime applicable to cross-border activities from non-EU jurisdictions....more

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Delegated Regulation Published Supplementing EU Capital Requirements Regulation on Assessments of Internal Models for Market Risk

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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1085 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, supplementing the EU Capital Requirements Regulation with regard to regulatory technical standards on the...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 8: Capital Requirements

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The Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) is designed to protect policyholders by helping ensure that insurers can survive difficult periods and pay claims as they fall due. It prescribes a specific level of capital that an...more

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The Standard Formula Podcast | Using an Internal Model to Calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement

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Our latest episode of “The Standard Formula” Back to Basics series explores the internal model method for calculating the Solvency Capital Requirement. Host Rob Chaplin is joined by George Belcher to dissect the advantages...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 7: Technical Provisions

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“The value of technical provisions should correspond to the amount which another insurance or reinsurance undertaking (the reference undertaking) would be expected to require to take over and fulfil the underlying insurance...more

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CRD6: Implications for US Fund Finance Lenders

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The European Union’s new Capital Requirements Directive 6 (CRD6) introduces significant regulatory changes for non-EU banks operating within EU Member States. This update explores the impact of CRD6 on US lenders providing...more

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EMIR 3.0: What are the high level changes on the horizon for derivatives end users in the EU?

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The European Parliament has recently approved the final EMIR texts, known as “EMIR 3.0” that were agreed between the Council of the EU and the European Parliament in February and which introduce changes to the current EMIR...more

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CRD VI and Its Impact on Lending into Europe

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December 2023 saw the publication by the EU of the near-final version of its ‘Banking Package’ that makes significant changes to the Capital Requirements Directive known as ‘CRD VI’. This article is going to focus on the CRD...more

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Establishing a Business Entity in Lithuania (Updated)

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1. Types of Business Entities - Investors may choose from the following types of business entities: • Private limited liability company • Public limited liability company • Individual enterprise • Limited...more

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CRD VI – What EU branches of third country banks need to know

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The EU is harmonising the rules on the prudential supervision of EU branches of non-EU banks under CRD VI. The new EU-wide third country branch regime will introduce minimum requirements including capital and liquidity...more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 2: Reinsurance and Risk Transfer

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The primary function of an insurer is the assumption and management of insurance risk. Very commonly, this will involve an insurer passing (or ceding) risk to other (re)insurers or protection providers in the relevant market....more

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The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 1: Own Funds

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Own funds is the Solvency II term for the items that constitute a (re)insurer’s regulatory capital. These are principally balance sheet items, with limited allowance for off-balance sheet items. Own funds are items that...more

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Regulation Round Up - October 2023

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Fund Tokenisation: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a press release announcing that it has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian, a collaborative initiative with the financial industry...more

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Putting It All Together: A Brief Guide to the UK’s New Securitisation Framework

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The new securitisation framework will combine three sets of overlapping rules, in an effort to repeal and replace retained EU law in the UK. The missing piece of the puzzle to the UK’s new securitisation framework became...more

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Regulation Round Up - July 2023

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31 July - ESG: The European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, setting out the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS”), together with a Q&A (see press release). The ESRS specify...more

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European Commission Adopts Rules on Securitisation Risk Retention

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On 7 July 2023, the European Commission (“EC”) approved the text of a delegated regulation supplementing the EU Securitisation Regulation (the “EUSR”) regarding regulatory technical standards on risk retention (the “RR RTS”)....more

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Global Regulators React to Banking Sector Turbulence

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The spring of 2023 saw more dislocation in the global financial sector than any time since the 2008-09 financial crisis. In the US, banking institutions with over $500 billion in total assets failed, and other banks that were...more

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EU Crypto Regulation - MiCA and TFR adopted

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On 20 April 2023, the European Parliament adopted the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation ("MiCA") and the Regulation on Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets ("TFR") by passing its final vote....more

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Establishing A Business Entity In Lithuania (Updated)

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1. Types of Business Entities - Investors may choose from the following types of business entities: • Private limited liability company • Public limited liability company • Individual enterprise • Limited...more

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