BoE stress testing: 2021 Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario update - Reports on key recent regulatory developments focussing on banking and finance. See also our Financial institutions general regulatory news and other...more
COVID-19: BoE statement on regulatory treatment of Recovery Loan Scheme - The Bank of England (BoE) has published a statement on the regulatory treatment of the UK Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS), which has been launched as part...more
Resolvability Assessment Framework: BoE Dear CEO letter The Bank of England (BoE) has published a letter sent by Dave Ramsden, BoE Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking, to the CEOs of the eight UK banks in the scope of the...more
Capital internal models: PRA statement on 2021 supervisory benchmarking exercise - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a statement to provide greater clarity for credit institutions that are in scope...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
COVID-19: PRA statement on application of IFRS 9 and capital requirements as mortgage payment deferrals come to an end - On 26 August 2020, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a statement to clarify its...more
SMCR extension: SI extending implementation date made - The Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/929) have been made....more
Business continuity: SRB operational guidance on operational continuity in resolution and FMI contingency plans. The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS18/20, and the following...more
Reporting requirements: EBA questionnaire and call for case studies on cost of compliance - HM Treasury has published a statement on the applicability of COVID-19 related amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation...more
Recent regulatory developments focussing on banking and finance. Includes updates relating to COVID-19 regulatory response, CRR, and more....more
COVID-19: FCA speech on expectations of wealth management and advice industry - On 4 June 2020, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a speech by Megan Butler, FCA Executive Director of Supervision,...more
COVID-19: PRA Dear CEO letter on treatment of payment deferrals under IFRS 9 and CRR - On 4 June 2020, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a Dear CEO letter on International Financial Reporting Standard...more
The Hogan Lovells’ Corporate Insurance Newsletter for June has been published. This provides a round-up of UK, EU and international regulatory developments relevant to UK based insurance market participants. ...more
Key developments in April 2017: 3 April - The FCA published its Consultation Paper on persistent debt and earlier intervention remedies, “Reforming the availability of information in the UK equity IPO process”...more
The FCA and PRA announced changes to enforcement process with the aim of strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of enforcement decision-making processes. Some of the changes have already come into force, the rest...more
From 1 January 2016, all EEA incorporated banks and credit institutions are required to include a term in any non-EEA law governed contract under which they have liabilities, giving contractual recognition of the bail-in...more