HVCRE: The Continuing Saga of Lenders
On 12 December 2023, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published the first of two near-final policy statements on the implementation of revisions to the Basel 3 standards, known in the U.K. as Basel 3.1. This...more
The Bank of England has published a Policy Statement on the Implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards in the U.K., taking account of responses to its Consultation Paper 16/22 published in November 2022. The Basel 3.1 changes...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has published its near-final policy statement (the "PS") setting out feedback to seven chapters of its consultation paper 16/22 (CP16/22) on implementation of the final elements of...more
The UK regulators (primarily the Prudential Regulation Authority) are currently reviewing consultation responses received on the proposed implementation of Basel 3.1 in the UK, with the final rules being published between...more
The final implementation of Basel III, published in December 2017 as an updated global framework for capital requirements, is fast approaching. Basel III introduced a number of changes to the credit, market and operational...more
The UK’s banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has published a Discussion Paper (DP3/23) covering securitisation bank capital in the context of: (1) the Basel 3.1 output floor and capital requirements...more
The UK’s banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has announced its intention to move the implementation date of the final Basel 3.1 policies by six months to 1 July 2025 and commensurately reduce the...more
On 30 September 2022, the Prudential Regulation Authority (the “PRA”) published Consultation Paper 16/22 (the “Consultation Paper”) proposing for the implementation of Basel 3.1 standards in the UK. The consultation closes on...more
In CP16/22 (published on 30 November 2022), the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) sets out plans for implementing the Basel 3.1 standards for calculating risk-weighted assets (“RWA”). Concerned that downward...more
UK CRR: Draft Capital Requirements Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2021 A draft version of the Capital Requirements Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2021 has been published, together with a draft explanatory memorandum....more
UK SRR code of practice - HM Treasury has published a revised version of the Banking Act 2009 special resolution regime (SRR) code of practice which applies to the use of the SRR after the end of Brexit transition period....more
UK implementation of CRD V: PRA PS26/20 - The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS26/20, on the implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive V (CRD V)....more
Approach to assessing resolvability: BoE consultation - The Bank of England (BoE) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are consulting in parallel on a package of proposals relating to their policies for...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published final revisions to the credit valuation adjustment risk framework under the Basel III standards. The updated international standard sets out the proposed regulatory...more
COVID-19: PRA letter to credit unions and direction modifying minimum provisioning requirements - On 8 April 2020, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a letter to directors, staff members and volunteers of...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to financial institutions. COVID-19: EBA and PRA approach to regulatory reporting and Pillar 3 disclosures - On 2 April 2020, the PRA published a statement on amendments made to...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to financial institutions. CRR: PRA PS5/20 on pre-issuance notification requirements - Following its earlier consultation paper, CP20/19, the Prudential Regulation Authority...more
The European Banking Authority has published several documents setting out its advice to the European Commission on the impact and implementation in the EU of the Basel III 2017 reforms. On December 7, 2017, the Basel...more
On February 27-28th, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision met to discuss policy and supervisory issues, and the extent to which members had implemented post-financial crisis reforms....more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation paper entitled "UK leverage ratio: Applying the framework to systemic ring-fenced bodies and reflecting the systemic risk buffer."...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published proposals which would require firms to report on their progress in meeting their minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) requirement. MREL is a...more
The Financial Stability Board published a progress report on its CCP workplan. The progress report provides an update on implementation of a workplan agreed on by the FSB, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the...more
On October 10, the European Commission (Commission) adopted two delegated acts (Delegated Acts) under the Capital Requirements Regulation ((EU) 575/2013) (CRR)...more