Key developments in April 2022: 29 April - The Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) published for consultation an interim report that recommends measures to assist supervisory and regulatory authorities in developing...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) published a report jointly with the World Bank setting out the findings from a global survey on proportionality in banking regulation and supervision....more
Amendments have been made to the FCA’s Dual-Regulated firms Remuneration Code under SYSC 19D and the Remuneration Part of the PRA Rulebook (together the “Remuneration Codes”) to implement the remuneration aspects of the EU...more
Approach to assessing resolvability: BoE consultation - The Bank of England (BoE) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are consulting in parallel on a package of proposals relating to their policies for...more
COVID-19: PRA letter to credit unions and direction modifying minimum provisioning requirements - On 7 October 2020, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a letter to directors of credit unions on...more
Proprietary trading review: PRA report - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a report on the outcome of its proprietary trading review. The review was required under section 9 of the Financial...more
COVID-19: PRA Dear CEO letter on treatment of payment deferrals under IFRS 9 and CRR - On 4 June 2020, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a Dear CEO letter on International Financial Reporting Standard...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to financial institutions. CRR: PRA PS5/20 on pre-issuance notification requirements - Following its earlier consultation paper, CP20/19, the Prudential Regulation Authority...more
3 February - The European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published a report on the benchmarking of diversity practices in credit institutions and investment firms under the CRD IV Directive (2013/36/EC)....more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a Policy Statement following its consultation last year on changes to the Pillar 2 capital requirements for banks and large investment firms. The amendments will apply...more
The European Banking Authority has published its first report on its monitoring of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio implementation in the EU. The LCR has applied as a 100% minimum binding standard across the EU since January 1,...more
FCA Reports on Hard to Value Assets Review - The FCA has reported on its 2017 review into how asset management firms value so-called ‘hard to value’ assets, consisting of a short video with transcript into the risks, the...more
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CAPITAL MARKETS AND MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE - ESMA practical guidance on recognition of third country CSDs - On 28 September 2017, ESMA published practical guidance (dated 26 September 2017) on the recognition by it of...more
PRA and FCA Reject the Position Taken on CRD IV Bonus Cap Proportionality in the EBA’s New Remuneration Guidelines - The PRA and FCA notified the European Banking Authority (EBA) that they will comply with all aspects of...more
On February 29, the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published separate press releases in relation to the implementation of the European Union’s fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV). The press...more