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Solvency II is organised around three core pillars of prudential regulation, which ensure the safety and soundness of (re)insurers, in line with the scale, nature and complexity of their business: - Pillar One focuses on...more
The Situation: Prior to the enactment of Capital Requirements Directive ("CRD") VI, corporate governance rules for the financial services industry were not harmonized across EU Member States....more
The EU is harmonising the rules on the prudential supervision of EU branches of non-EU banks under CRD VI. The new EU-wide third country branch regime will introduce minimum requirements including capital and liquidity...more
31 July - ESG: The European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, setting out the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS”), together with a Q&A (see press release). The ESRS specify...more
On April 12, 2022, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) issued a press release announcing the publication of its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (“RTS”), setting out the requirements for originators, sponsors...more
Open banking: CMA consultation on future governance - The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on the future governance of open banking. In order to implement open banking, the CMA required the nine largest...more
On 16 December 2020, the Council of the European Union published final compromise proposals for a package of measures dubbed the “Capital Markets Recovery Package”, these were adopted by the European Parliament’s Committee on...more
As discussed in our previous Clients and Friends Memo (the “First Update”), on 24 July 2020 the European Commission (the “Commission”) published proposed amendments to the current securitisation framework set out in...more
Overview - The EU Capital Requirements Regulation, which came into effect in January 2014, mandated the European Banking Authority to report by 2 January 20212 on the regulatory approach to granting capital relief for...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
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
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
The European Banking Authority has published several documents setting out its advice to the European Commission on the impact and implementation in the EU of the Basel III 2017 reforms. On December 7, 2017, the Basel...more
The European Banking Authority has published an Opinion signaling the importance of money laundering and terrorism financing risks in the prudential supervision of EU Member States. The Opinion invites national prudential...more
The European Banking Authority has published amended draft Implementing Technical Standards specifying the benchmarking portfolios, templates and definitions to be used as part of the annual benchmarking exercise by those...more
The European Banking Authority has published an updated Final Report on recommendations on the equivalence of confidentiality regimes under the Capital Requirements Directive. The Final Report was originally published in...more
The European Banking Authority has launched a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the conditions to allow institutions to calculate capital requirements, including on expected loss, arising from...more
The European Banking Authority has launched two consultations on standards for estimation and identification of an economic downturn in Internal Ratings Based modelling....more
The European Banking Authority has launched a consultation on draft Guidelines on certain types of exposures and the circumstances in which they can be categorized as being associated with high risk for regulatory capital...more
Following consultation in late 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority and European Banking Authority have jointly published final Guidelines on the assessment of the suitability of members of management bodies...more
The European Banking Authority has launched a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards on risk retention requirements for originators, sponsors and original lenders under the new EU securitization framework for...more
The European Banking Authority has published an Opinion and a Report on financial intermediaries and regulatory perimeter issues under the Capital Requirements Regulation and the Capital Requirements Directive. The Opinion...more
European Commission Inception Impact Assessment on Legislative Proposal for EU Framework on Crowdfunding - On October 30, 2017, the European Commission published an inception impact assessment for a legislative proposal...more
The European Banking Authority has published a final Report and final Guidelines on the supervision of significant branches. The Capital Requirements Directive and the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive provide the EU...more
On 20 December 2016, the European Banking Authority (the "EBA") published the final version of a report entitled "EBA Report on Covered Bonds - Recommendations on Harmonisation of Covered Bond Frameworks in the EU" (the...more