In the previous articles of this 4-part series, I identified and explained three types of fatal flaws in the 2023 CRA rule and I presented 5 suggestions to improve the effectiveness of the legacy CRA rule. In this article I...more
Financial Industry Developments - Agencies Issue Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Enhanced Cyber Risk Management Standards - On October 19, 2016, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance...more
On 24 June 2014, ESMA published its Final Report on the draft regulatory technical standards under CRA3. With respect to structured finance instruments, the Final Report sets out draft standards for the information to be...more
On August 5, EBA published its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying the treatment of equity exposures according to Article 495(3) of Regulation No 575/2013 Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). ...more
Executive Summary - Following the consultation paper published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in February 2014, on 24 June 2014 ESMA published its final draft of the Regulatory Technical...more
Council of the EU Adopts Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive - On May 6, the Council of the EU adopted at first reading the text of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). The BRRD seeks to harmonize...more