EU Securitisation Regulation – the long-awaited final text of the recast risk retention regulatory technical standards (RTS) has been published in the Official Journal on 18 October 2023 and will enter into force on 7...more
The European Commission recently adopted a final draft of the regulatory technical standards in relation to the risk retention requirements under the EU Securitisation Regulation. This is based on the final draft of these...more
Last summer, we published an advisory discussing the European Banking Authority's ("EBA") final draft regulatory technical standards on risk retention pursuant to Article 6(7) of the Securitisation Regulation (EU) 2017/2017)...more
In addition to the market uncertainty caused earlier this year as a result of the European Commission (the “Commission”) adding the Cayman Islands to its list of jurisdictions that have “strategic deficiencies” in the area of...more
On 10 October 2022, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its report (the “Report”) to the European Parliament and Council on the functioning of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (the “EU Securitisation Regulation”) as...more
New rules will modify regulatory capital requirements for securitisation positions and unify risk retention practices. By year end, the European Commission (the EC) is expected to publish two new EU regulations in the...more
Following a prolonged period of political scrutiny and negotiation, the texts of two regulations implementing significant changes to the regulation and capital treatment of securitisations were broadly agreed by the three EU...more
On 19 May 2016, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament (“ECON”) published a working document on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”) intended to...more
As we begin to close in on the initial implementation of the Risk Retention Rule, we are looking beyond the headlines and trying to figure out how the Rule will actually work. The result is troubling....more
On 30 September 2015, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”)1 intended to harmonise existing EU laws applying to securitisations (including proposed...more
Following Dechert’s Legal Update published on 14 September 2015, we have had sight of an updated draft of the proposed EU legislation on securitisations. The updated draft shows signs that regulators have taken on board some...more
The Bank of England (“BOE”) and European Central Bank (the “ECB”) recently published a joint response1 to the report and short opinion issued late last year by the European Bank Authority (“EBA”) on how to improve the...more
In this issue: - ISS Announces Launch of QuickScore 3.0 - SEC Provides Relief to GSEC From Rule 204 Close-Out Requirements - CFTC Extends Relief to FCMs from Certain Commingling Requirements -...more
Although the legislative process is now complete, the process of structuring CLO transactions to comply with the EU risk retention rules has just begun. The EU’s risk retention framework will come into effect next...more
The European Commission published the final regulatory technical standards on 13 March 2014 specifying the requirements for investor, sponsor, original lenders and originator institutions relating to exposures to transferred...more
Background - Article 405 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU)...more