ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - The European Commission Opens a New Investigation in the Pharma Sector - On 4 March 2021, the European Commission (Commission) has opened a formal investigation into alleged misuses of patent...more
COVID-19: PRA statement on application of IFRS 9 and capital requirements as mortgage payment deferrals come to an end - On 26 August 2020, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a statement to clarify its...more
COVID-19: PRA Dear CEO letter on treatment of payment deferrals under IFRS 9 and CRR - On 4 June 2020, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a Dear CEO letter on International Financial Reporting Standard...more
NPLs are a hot topic, high on the European supervisory authorities' agenda. Legislative and prudential requirements to reduce NPLs are rapidly evolving. In March of 2018, the EC published a package of reforms aimed at...more
A report was recently published by the European Banking Authority (“EBA“) setting out the results of its 2018 EU-wide banking stress test which covered a sample of 48 banks in 15 countries in the EU and the EEA at the highest...more
The European Banking Authority has launched a consultation on proposed revisions to the existing Implementing Technical Standards for the financial reporting, or FINREP, framework under the Capital Requirements Regulation....more
The European Banking Authority has published a final Report and final Guidelines on uniform disclosures under the Capital Requirements Regulation regarding the transitional period for mitigating the impact of the introduction...more
Federal Reserve and FDIC Post Resolution Plans for Eight Major Financial Firms - On July 5, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board (the "Board") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") posted the public portions of...more
CAPITAL MARKETS AND MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE - See Recovery and Resolution section for an update on CCP recovery and resolution. FCA makes available draft forms for benchmark administrators - On 6 July, as part of their...more
On July 5, 2017, the European Banking Authority (“EBA“) published a press release announcing that the European Commission (EC) adopted an Implementing Regulation on June 29, 2017, which amends the Implementing Regulation on...more
The European Banking Authority has published final Guidelines on banks' credit risk management practices and accounting for expected credit losses. These final Guidelines are a result of a consultation that ended on October...more
Financial Industry Developments - Changes Proposed to CAS and STACR Programs - On May 8, 2017, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced that they are considering certain changes to the structure of their CAS and STACR...more
On May 12, 2017, the EBA published its final guidelines on credit institutions’ credit risk management practices and accounting for expected credit losses. The aim of the guidelines is to ensure sound credit risk management...more
The European Banking Authority published a Report outlining observations from its impact assessment on the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standard 9. The report analyzes the estimated impact of...more
In a press release dated 27 January 2016, the European Banking Authority (EBA) launched an impact assessment of IFRS 9 (dealing with financial Instruments) which is due to be implemented in the EU in 2018. The impact...more
The Restructuring Mid-Summer Review: Europe and the Emerging Markets - For those focused on the debt restructuring market, the Greek sovereign crisis (covered extensively in our recent updates1) has drowned out news of...more