Our August 2021 update considers recent developments in employment law, including a significant case on section 100(e) automatically unfair dismissals during the COVID-19 lockdown, and cases on disability discrimination and...more
Yesterday’s joint Discussion Paper (DP21/2) published by the Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, together “the regulators”) on “Diversity and inclusion in the financial...more
ESMA reminds firms on rules of reverse solicitation - In a statement published on 13 January 2021, ESMA reminded firms not established or situated in the EU of the MiFID II requirements on the provision of investment...more
28 June 2021 is the deadline for UK Financial Holding Companies ("FHC") and Mixed Financial Holding Companies ("MFHC") to submit their application for approval or exemption under the UK's implementation of the Capital...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
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
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
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
CRD V and BRRD II-derived UK legislation: PRA statement on application of temporary transitional power - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a statement on the application of its temporary...more
Implementation of CRD V: PRA CP17/20 - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper, CP17/20, setting out proposed changes to its rules, supervisory statements (SS) and statements of...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
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper on 3 August on amending its Dual-Regulated Firms Remuneration Code and relevant guidance in light of the EU’s revised Capital Requirements Directive (CRD...more
AML/CTF supervision: HM Treasury annual report - The Bank of England (BoE) has published the Financial Stability Report for August 2020 and the financial policy summary and record of the meetings of its Financial Policy...more
Draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - HM Treasury has published draft Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, together with a draft...more
LIBOR transition and PRA resolution-related rules: PRA statement - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a statement outlining the PRA's view on the implications of LIBOR transition for contracts in...more
The Single Resolution Board has launched a consultation on proposed changes to its policy on minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) for Eurozone banks, designed to bring the SRB’s MREL policy in...more
The European Banking Authority has launched a consultation on proposed Guidelines on the appropriate subsets of sectoral exposures to which national regulators may apply a systemic risk buffer under the Capital Requirements...more
The European Banking Authority has issued a report on diversity practices in credit institutions and investment firms. The report is based on diversity data collected by national regulators under the Capital Requirements...more
The European Banking Authority has launched a consultation on its draft Regulatory Technical Standards setting out the criteria for identifying staff whose professional activities have a material impact on credit...more
The European Banking Authority has launched a consultation on its proposed draft Implementing Technical Standards on specific supervisory reporting requirements for market risk. “Market risk” relates to the risk of losses...more
Los Estados Miembros deben trasponer la Directiva sobre Requisitos de Capital V antes del 28 de diciembre de 2020. El 7 de junio de 2019, el Diario Oficial de la UE publicó el texto de la Directiva sobre requisitos de...more
Member States must implement the Capital Requirements Directive V by 28 December 2020. On 7 June 2019 the EU Official Journal published the text of the Capital Requirements Directive V (CRD V), which introduced several...more
We look at the architecture of the new European regulatory framework and some of the key areas relevant to the corporate structure of UK and other European financial institutions....more
The legislative amendments to the EU's Capital Requirements Regulation and the Capital Requirements Directive, widely referred to as "CRD5" or "CRR2", have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Subject...more