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
1. ESG In recent years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have become a key discussion point in the asset management industry, with many managers now incorporating ESG considerations into their investment...more
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
31 December - The Brexit Transitional Period (pursuant to which the UK stayed in the Single Market and European Customs Union came to an end. The FCA updated its Brexit webpages to remind firms of the potential impact...more
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
Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 on the prudential requirements of investment firms and Directive (EU) 2019/2034 on the prudential supervision of investment firms (collectively, "IFR/IFD Framework") significantly change the...more
CRD V: Draft Financial Holding Companies (Approval etc) and Capital Requirements (Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - HM Treasury has published a draft version of the...more
What is it? The EU has finalised and issued a new framework for the prudential regulation of investment firms. It will set new classification for investment firms that will in turn determine which of the new capital...more
2 September - The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") updated its webpage relating to its guidance consultation on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA")...more
A U.K. statutory instrument has been published to further the U.K.'s financial services legislation preparations in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The statutory instrument – the Financial Services (Electronic Money, Payment...more
A draft U.K. statutory instrument to onshore into U.K. law, post-Brexit, the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (known as CRR II) has been published – the Capital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (2019...more
HM Treasury has laid before Parliament a draft of the Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019. The draft Regulations make amendments to certain elements of the EU exit legislation...more
It is yet unclear if and when the House of Commons will again decide about the Withdrawal Agreement and whether the date for the UK leaving the EU will be changed. Under the current circumstances, a hard Brexit on 29 March...more
German Parliament adopts Brexit Transitional Act - The German Parliament (“Bundestag”) adopted by a large majority the so-called Brexit Transitional Act (“Brexit-Übergangsgesetz”) submitted by the Federal Government on...more
HM Treasury has laid before Parliament a draft of the Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The draft Regulations grant HM Treasury...more
HM Treasury has published draft legislation that will allow the UK to make timely equivalence decisions in relation to the EU. Key Points: ..Post-Brexit, HM Treasury will take on the role of making equivalence decisions...more
UK Post-Brexit EU Financial Services Legislation - Shearman & Sterling is today making available consolidated versions of EU legislation showing the proposed U.K. on-shored versions. The batch of legislation that will be...more
The EBA’s draft guidelines on outsourcing will impact cloud outsourcing and institutions’ deployment of FinTech. On 4 September 2018, a wide audience of interested individuals gathered at Canary Wharf for a public hearing...more
HM Treasury has released another draft statutory instrument in preparation for Brexit, the Capital Requirements (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 - the draft Capital Requirements Regulations. The EU regulatory capital...more
European Financial Industry Developments - BCBS Publishes its Work Program for 2018 and 2019 - On June 5, 2018, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS") published details of its work program for 2018 and...more
Federal Court Sends Colorado's Case Against Online Lending Platform Back to State Court - Colorado's ongoing challenge to the bank partnership model of online lending will next play out, at least in part, in state court. ...more
BREXIT - FMLC paper on Brexit and impact of WTO rules on financial services - On 22 December 2017, the FMLC published a paper on the potential impact of Brexit and WTO rules on financial services. The paper focuses on...more
BREXIT - European Commission legislative proposal for Regulation on relocation of EBA - On 29 November, the EC adopted a legislative proposal for a Regulation containing amendments to the EBA Regulation (Regulation...more
BREXIT - EBA relocation to Paris - On 21 November, the Council of the EU published a press release announcing that the ministers of EU member states other than the UK have selected Paris as the new location of the EBA....more
SEC Proposes Rules to Implement FAST Act Mandate to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure - On October 11, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments "to modernize and simplify disclosure...more