HVCRE: The Continuing Saga of Lenders
On 12 December 2023, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published the first of two near-final policy statements on the implementation of revisions to the Basel 3 standards, known in the U.K. as Basel 3.1. This...more
The Bank of England has published a Policy Statement on the Implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards in the U.K., taking account of responses to its Consultation Paper 16/22 published in November 2022. The Basel 3.1 changes...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has published its near-final policy statement (the "PS") setting out feedback to seven chapters of its consultation paper 16/22 (CP16/22) on implementation of the final elements of...more
The UK regulators (primarily the Prudential Regulation Authority) are currently reviewing consultation responses received on the proposed implementation of Basel 3.1 in the UK, with the final rules being published between...more
The final implementation of Basel III, published in December 2017 as an updated global framework for capital requirements, is fast approaching. Basel III introduced a number of changes to the credit, market and operational...more
The UK’s banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has published a Discussion Paper (DP3/23) covering securitisation bank capital in the context of: (1) the Basel 3.1 output floor and capital requirements...more
The UK’s banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has announced its intention to move the implementation date of the final Basel 3.1 policies by six months to 1 July 2025 and commensurately reduce the...more
On 30 September 2022, the Prudential Regulation Authority (the “PRA”) published Consultation Paper 16/22 (the “Consultation Paper”) proposing for the implementation of Basel 3.1 standards in the UK. The consultation closes on...more
In CP16/22 (published on 30 November 2022), the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) sets out plans for implementing the Basel 3.1 standards for calculating risk-weighted assets (“RWA”). Concerned that downward...more
The EU has surged ahead of the UK and the US in implementing the Basel III standards. The EU Banking Package has been reviewed by the Council of the EU and is now expected to be negotiated with the European Parliament, ahead...more
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
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
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
UK and Switzerland to deepen cooperation on financial services - HM Treasury has published a press release announcing plans to move forward to the next stage of talks between the UK and Switzerland on an agreement on...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
UK implementation of CRD V: PRA PS26/20 - The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS26/20, on the implementation of the Capital Requirements Directive V (CRD V)....more
COVID-19: PRA letter to credit unions and direction modifying minimum provisioning requirements - On 8 April 2020, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a letter to directors, staff members and volunteers of...more
SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DIs about the SEC’s Conditional Relief Order and Compliance with Rule 12b-25 - On March 31, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to financial institutions. COVID-19: EBA and PRA approach to regulatory reporting and Pillar 3 disclosures - On 2 April 2020, the PRA published a statement on amendments made to...more
COVID-19 and bank lending: letter from HM Treasury, BoE and FCA - On 25 March 2020, HM Treasury published a joint letter, from the Chancellor, the Governor of the Bank of England (BoE) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation paper entitled "UK leverage ratio: Applying the framework to systemic ring-fenced bodies and reflecting the systemic risk buffer."...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published proposals which would require firms to report on their progress in meeting their minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) requirement. MREL is a...more
In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
Charting New and Dangerous Waters - Lloyd George and Epictetus may be long gone but their words have much resonance with the events of 2016. The political fallout from the UK’s vote to leave the European Union (“EU”)...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”) published an updated version of the “Basel III Document – Revisions to the securitisation framework” on 11 July 2016 (the “Amended Securitisation...more