In our latest blog post on preparing for the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), entering into force on January 17, 2025, we take a look at second-level requirements under DORA covering the classification and...more
In our previous alerts (here and here), we noted critical feedback that the European Commission (Commission) gave to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on its December 2023 draft Regulatory Technical...more
Background - On 19 July 2024, the European Commission published final regulatory technical standards (the “RTS”) in respect of Regulation EU/2023/606 relating to the European long-term investment fund (“ELTIF 2.0”). This...more
On 26 July 2024, the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) published the final report on the draft Regulatory Technical Standards relating to subcontracting ICT services supporting critical or important...more
In our previous alert, we looked at the draft revised Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) supplementing the amended ELTIF Regulation (ELTIF 2.0) published by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in its...more
On 19 December 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published its final report setting out its draft regulatory technical standards (the “Draft RTS”) on Regulation (EU) 2023/606 (the “ELTIF 2...more
EU Securitisation Regulation – the long-awaited final text of the recast risk retention regulatory technical standards (RTS) has been published in the Official Journal on 18 October 2023 and will enter into force on 7...more
The European Commission has adopted and published final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying requirements for originators, sponsors and original lenders in relation to risk retention under the EU...more
The Commission has clarified requirements for financial product classifications and the definition of “sustainable investment” under the SFDR. ...more
The European Banking Authority (the EBA) recently published a consultation paper with proposed amendments to the regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the homogeneity of the underlying exposures in securitisation, following...more
On 25 July 2022, Commission Delegated Regulation ((EU) 2022/1288) (“SFDR RTS”) which supplements the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ((EU) 2019/2088) ("SFDR") and Regulation on the establishment of a framework to...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. 28 February - The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published Handbook Notice...more
The European Commission (the “Commission”) has published a letter dated 25 November 2021 confirming that it is further postponing the application of the regulatory technical standards (“RTS”) supplementing the EU Sustainable...more
The European Banking Authority is consulting on draft Regulatory Technical Standards to amend the existing RTS on strong customer authentication and common and secure open standards of communication under the EU Payment...more
The European Commission published its long-awaited Strategy for Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy (the Strategy) today. The Strategy was announced as part of the European Green Deal in 2019 (originally...more
The Development: New Regulation (EU) 2020/2176 (the "Regulation") provides regulatory capital relief, allowing certain software assets to be considered when calculating Common Equity Tier 1 ("CET1") capital. It entered into...more
The European Banking Authority has published amendments to the 2018 Guidelines on fraud reporting under the revised Payment Services Directive (known as PSD2). The Regulatory Technical Standards on "strong customer...more
The European Banking Authority has published final draft Regulatory Technical Standards governing the standardized approach to counterparty credit risk in derivatives transactions. The final draft SA-CCR RTS will supplement...more
On October 24, 2019, the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs"), consisting of the European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Banking Authority, and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority,...more
Consultation Paper looks at ways in which issues with the KID requirements could be improved. Key Points: - The ESAs are seeking to make adjustments to the PRIIPs KID requirements to address ongoing issues relating to...more
Regulatory Technical Standards under the EU Securitization Regulation on the conditions for a securitization to be considered "homogenous" have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Homogeneity is one...more
Originators, sponsors, and issuers should prepare now for the new securitisation disclosure and reporting rules. Key Points: ..Disclosure and reporting standards under the EU Securitisation Regulation are finalised but...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a final report and final draft Regulatory Technical Standards on supervisory cooperation between EU national regulators and third-country national regulators. The...more
Two Commission Delegated Regulations supplementing the EU Prospectus Regulation have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The first Regulation is on the format, content, scrutiny and approval of the...more
The European Commission has adopted draft Regulatory Technical Standards under the EU Securitization Regulation on the conditions for a securitization to be considered homogenous. Homogeneity is one of the requirements for a...more