The proposals would give the Bank of England wide-ranging powers to deal with acute failure scenarios, treating policyholder liabilities as loss-absorbing. HM Treasury (HMT) is proposing1 a new UK resolution regime for...more
The Bank of England has published a Policy Statement setting out its feedback to the responses it received to its October 2017 consultation on its approach to setting a minimum requirement for own funds and eligible...more
The Bank of England published the final rules on implementing the EU Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL). This is the equivalent of the US Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (known as TLAC) rule. ...more
The Bank of England (“BoE”) recently published a consultation paper1 (“Consultation”), detailing its approach to setting a minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (“MREL”) to be maintained by UK banks and...more