In this issue:

- US Banking Regulators Request Comments on Reducing Regulatory Burden

- European Banking Authority Opinion on Definition of Eligible Capital

- Implementing Technical Standards under CRR

- UK Prudential Regulation Authority Statement on Extension of Liquidity Modifications

- UK Government Publishes Final Draft Regulations on Pension Liabilities of Ring-Fenced Bodies

- UK Financial Conduct Authority Reports on Wholesale Sector Competition Review

- European Securities and Markets Authority Consults on Transparency Requirements for Non-Equity Instruments

- European Commission Consults on Capital Markets Union, Prospectus Directive and Standardized Securitization

- UK Regulators Consult on Approach to Non-Executive Directors and Senior Managers

- UK Regulators Consult on Proposed Whistleblowing Procedures in Banking and Insurance Sectors

- UK Financial Conduct Authority Report on Asset Management Firms and Risk of Market Abuse

- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Extends Deadline for “Living Wills” for Nonbank Systemically Important Financial Institutions

- US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Announces Members of the Market Risk Advisory Committee

- Chief Risk Officer for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to Retire

- European Central Bank Appointment

- Events

- Excerpt from Implementing Technical Standards under CRR:

On February 20, 2015, amendments to the Implementing Technical Standards for the supervisory reporting of financial institutions under the CRR was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The ITS set out the standards that financial institutions must meet for the purposes of supervisory reporting. The amendments include the replacement of several templates that are to be used by financial institutions in the supervisory reporting process. The purpose of the amendments is to increase clarity and provide further instructions and definitions to financial institutions for the purposes of supervisory reporting. The amended ITS entered into force on February 21, 2015.