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As the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) consider feedback to their consultation on guidance regarding the UK change-in-controller regime (consultation paper 25/23), we provide a...more
The European Banking Authority has published its final amendments to the Regulatory Technical Standards on the market risk framework, also known as the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book. The EU Capital Requirements...more
On 30 July 2024, the Bank of England (BoE) published a discussion paper setting out its approach to innovations in money and payments (Discussion Paper). In the Discussion Paper, the BoE sets out its current view on...more
The Bank of England has published the findings from its second assessment of the eight major U.K. banks under the Resolvability Assessment Framework. The assessment finds that the major U.K. banks have continued to make...more
The European Banking Authority has published its final draft Implementing Technical Standards amending the Implementing Regulation on the benchmarking of credit risk, market risk, and IFRS9 models for the 2025 exercise....more
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement on the leverage ratio treatment of omnibus account reserves and minor amendments to the leverage ratio framework. PRA rules require firms to exclude from...more
The European Commission has adopted a Delegated Regulation amending the EU Capital Requirements Regulation with regard to the date of application of the own funds requirements for market risk. In addition, alongside the...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement on the final rules and guidance for a new regulatory regime to support access to cash for the consumers and businesses that rely on it, along with a research...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement on its approach to rule permissions and waivers. The policy statement provides feedback to responses the PRA received to CP3/24 published in January....more
The PRA has released an important statement on its approach to funded reinsurance. Our view is that the statement endorses the conceptual principle that funded reinsurance (particularly to offshore counterparties) should best...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a progress report to the G20 on enhancing the resilience of non-bank financial intermediation. The aim of policies by the FSB to enhance NBFI resilience has been to reduce excessive...more
Firms have just over six months until the transition period for implementing the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Bank of England rules and guidance on operational resilience...more
The European Commission has adopted the Commission Implementing Regulation amending the Implementing Technical Standards laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1799 as regards the mapping tables specifying...more
The U.K. Financial Policy Committee has published the financial policy summary and record of the FPC meeting on June 11, 2024, as well as its June financial stability report. The FPC considers the overall risk environment to...more
The European Banking Authority has published an updated report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1, Tier 2 and total loss absorbing capacity as well as the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities...more
The European Banking Authority has finalized its draft implementing technical standards on public disclosures by institutions that implement the changes in the Pillar 3 disclosure framework introduced by the third Capital...more
The European Banking Authority has finalized its draft regulatory technical standards on the conditions for assessing the materiality of model extensions and changes to the use of alternative internal models and changes to...more
The EU has published the final legislation implementing revisions to the EU Capital Requirements Regulation and Capital Requirements Directive (commonly referred to as the EU banking package) in the Official Journal of the...more
Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union (CMU), made a speech discussing the importance of continuing to make progress on the Banking Union and CMU....more
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1085 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, supplementing the EU Capital Requirements Regulation with regard to regulatory technical standards on the...more
Commission Implementing Regulation 2024/1618 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/763, laying down implementing technical standards on supervisory reporting and public disclosure of MREL and TLAC, has been published in...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a Dear CEO letter addressed to non-systemic U.K. banks and building societies setting out proposals for improvement on resolvability and recovery planning. The PRA's...more
#MeToo is still moving across the pond. On March 8, 2024, the House of Commons Treasury Committee published a report entitled “Sexism in the City” (referenced as “Report” in this article), which found that the...more
The PRA has published its final policy on the requirements for non-systemic UK banks and building societies to prepare for a solvent exit. The new rules require all firms in scope to prepare for an orderly solvent exit as...more
UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more