A challenging macroeconomic environment has hampered policymakers’ efforts to stimulate the secondary market for non-performing loan deals in Europe - Following the 2008 global financial crisis, the formation of a...more
On October 21, 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized revisions to its Guidelines Establishing Standards for Recovery Planning by Certain Large Insured National Banks, Insured Federal Savings...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a report on depositor behaviour and interest rate and liquidity risks in the financial system. The report draws on lessons from the March 2023 banking turmoil which saw the collapse...more
HM Treasury has published a draft new chapter for the Special Resolution Regime Code of Practice that reflects reforms introduced by the Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill....more
Commission Implementing Regulation 2024/1618 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/763, laying down implementing technical standards on supervisory reporting and public disclosure of MREL and TLAC, has been published in...more
Everybody knows that, logically, banks can fail. Few expect them to. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the U.S.’s 16th largest bank, was closed on 10 March 2023, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) appointed as...more
On 1 December 2021, Legislative Decree No. 193 of 8 November 2021 (the Decree) implementing Directive 2019/879/EU (the BRRD II) into domestic law entered into force. Below is a short summary of some key issues to consider....more
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
The European Banking Authority has published a report on the links between recovery and resolution planning for EU credit institutions and investment firms subject to the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive....more
The upcoming enforcement of the MREL requirement will require European banks to issue a significant amount of subordinated and senior notes. But political instability and differing levels of investor demand could push up...more
Challenges and recent developments regarding NPLs and the role of EU state aid rules. More than one trillion euros’ worth of nonperforming loans (NPLs) are concentrated in the periphery of the European Union, with banking...more
Readers interested in the Banking Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) no doubt have been following the ongoing travails of the Portuguese "good bank" Novo Banco SA and "bad bank" Banco Espírito Santo SA (BES). The...more
On October 16, 2015, the European Banking Authority (EBA) updated its Q&As on the single rulebook, publishing four new questions. The single rulebook Q&As relate to the CRD IV package of reforms, namely the CRD IV Directive...more
Over the last week the EBA has published final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS), implementing standards (ITS) and guidelines on a number of Articles of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (2014/59/EU) (BRRD)....more
On May 28, 2015, the European Commission published a press release announcing that it has requested 11 member states (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Malta, Poland,...more