WORD OF THE DAY® – Clean-Up Call
Depositor protection identity verification: PRA PS4/21 - Following its consultation in CP3/21, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS4/21, on depositor protection identity...more
The European Banking Authority has commenced a consultation on proposed changes to the EU-wide stress test framework for banks. The EU-wide stress test contributes to improving the financial resilience of banks. Responses to...more
Mr. Buffett and his Berkshire crew just dropped nearly a billion on its own stock, a likely sign, according to analysts, of a “dearth of appealing investment options” for the company’s “large cash pile”....more
CFTC Files Eight Anti-Spoofing Enforcement Actions against Three Banks (Deutsche Bank, HSBC & UBS) & Six Individuals - On January 29, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), along with the Department of...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
Federal Reserve and FDIC Post Resolution Plans for Eight Major Financial Firms - On July 5, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board (the "Board") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") posted the public portions of...more
The European Banking Authority announced that the 2018 EU stress test would be launched at the beginning of 2018 and results would be published mid-2018...more
Financial Industry Developments - Class Action Against Lending Club and WebBank Headed to Defeat - On Monday, January 31, 2017, a federal district court in the Southern District of New York granted a motion to...more
The European Banking Authority published the results of the EU-wide stress test. The stress test covered 51 EEA banks and assessed the resilience of the EEA banking sector to adverse financial conditions...more
FHFA Requests Input on Credit Risk Transfer Transactions - On June 29, 2016, the Federal Housing Finance Agency published a report outlining its perspective on the credit risk transfer programs of Fannie Mae and Freddie...more
On July 1, 2016, the EBA published additional information on how the results of the EU-wide stress test will inform the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (“SREP”). The focus of the update is to explain how...more
The European Banking Authority published guidelines for upcoming stress tests of deposit guarantee schemes under the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive. The Directive introduced a number of measures to improve the resilience...more
The EBA has published a methodological note and the macroeconomic scenarios for the 2016 EU-wide stress test for banks. The stress test is designed to provide supervisors, banks and other market participants with a common...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published on November 5, 2015 its EU-wide stress test and draft methodology for discussion. The stress-test exercise to be carried out in 2016 will assess a sample of banks covering...more
SEC Provides Additional Analysis Related to Proposed Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules - On June 4, the Securities and Exchange Commission provided additional analysis related to its proposed rules for pay ratio disclosure. The...more
On May 22, 2015, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final guidelines on the management of interest rate risk arising from non-trading activities (EBA/GL/2015/08). The guidelines cover the management of...more
On October 26, the European Banking Authority (EBA) released the results of its 2014 EU-wide stress test covering more than 70% of total EU banking assets. The purpose of the test is to address remaining vulnerabilities in...more
CFTC Proposed Rule on Commodity Pools - On November 5, the CFTC issued a proposed rule that would require that all registered introducing brokers (IBs), commodity pool operators (CPOs) and commodity trading advisors...more