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
7/19/2021
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UK Securitisation Regulation: HM Treasury review HM Treasury has published a call for evidence to inform its review of the retained EU law version of the EU Securitisation Regulation (UK Securitisation Regulation or "Sec...more
7/6/2021
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Draft Bank of England Act 1998 (Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) Order 2021 published A draft version of the Bank of England Act 1998 (Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) Order 2021 has been published, together with...more
6/21/2021
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Resolution assessments: PRA PS10/21 on amendments to reporting and disclosure dates -
Following its consultation in CP19/20, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS10/21, on...more
6/8/2021
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COVID-19: FCA statement on regulatory treatment of Recovery Loan Scheme -
The FCA has published a statement on the regulatory treatment of the UK Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS), which was launched on 6 April 2021 as part of the...more
6/1/2021
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Draft Financial Markets and Insolvency (Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 A draft version of the Financial Markets and Insolvency (Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021...more
5/18/2021
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BoE stress testing: 2021 Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario update -
Reports on key recent regulatory developments focussing on banking and finance. See also our Financial institutions general regulatory news and other...more
5/4/2021
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Recent regulatory developments of interest to most financial institutions, including updates from the UK government, PRA, FCA, JMLG and the European Commission. See also our sector specific updates in the Related Materials...more
4/26/2021
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Regulation of non-transferable debt securities: HM Treasury consultation HM Treasury has published a consultation paper on the regulation of non-transferable debt securities (NTDS) (often referred to as mini-bonds)....more
UK SFTR: FCA update on reporting LEIs -
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on the retained EU law version of the Regulation on reporting and transparency of securities financing transactions ...more
4/19/2021
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COVID-19: BoE statement on regulatory treatment of Recovery Loan Scheme -
The Bank of England (BoE) has published a statement on the regulatory treatment of the UK Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS), which has been launched as part...more
4/19/2021
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EU CRR: Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation containing ITS on reporting requirements for market risk -
A corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/453 containing implementing technical...more
CRR: Commission Implementing Regulation containing ITS on reporting requirements for market risk Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/453 containing implementing technical standards (ITS) on specific reporting...more
3/23/2021
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Open banking: CMA consultation on future governance -
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on the future governance of open banking. In order to implement open banking, the CMA required the nine largest...more
LIBOR transition: Working Group's best practice guide for GBP loans and Q&A -
The Working Group Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates published a best practice guide for GBP loans. Alongside the guide, the Working Group also...more
3/9/2021
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Resolvability Assessment Framework: BoE Dear CEO letter The Bank of England (BoE) has published a letter sent by Dave Ramsden, BoE Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking, to the CEOs of the eight UK banks in the scope of the...more
3/1/2021
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BoE banking solvency stress test 2021 scenario - The Bank of England (BoE) has updated its stress testing webpage and published the solvency stress test 2021 scenario for banks and building societies that are not part of...more
2/22/2021
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Capital buffers: PRA modification by consent - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a direction for modification by consent of 5.1 - 5.3 and 5.5 of the Capital Buffers Part of the PRA Rulebook....more
2/2/2021
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Ring-fencing and proprietary trading activities reviews: HM Treasury update - On 22 December 2020, the House of Commons Treasury Committee published a letter (dated 16 November 2020) it received from John Glen, Economic...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
12/21/2020
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Bank Recovery and Resolution (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 -
The Bank Recovery and Resolution (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1350) have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum....more
12/7/2020
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Submission of statistical data: BoE Green Notice 2020/02 -
The Bank of England (BoE) has published a Green Notice 2020/02 announcing future changes to the submission of statistical data to its Data and Statistics Division...more
COVID-19: FCA updates statement on CBILS and BBLS -
On 10 November 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published an updated version of its statement on the regulation of firms in relation to the UK Coronavirus...more
11/16/2020
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Implementation of CRD V: PRA CP17/20 -
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper, CP17/20, setting out proposed changes to its rules, supervisory statements (SS) and statements of...more
10/26/2020
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IRB UK mortgage risk weights: PRA CP14/20 -
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper, CP14/20, on proposals to introduce new expectations on internal ratings based (IRB) approach UK...more
10/6/2020
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