1. Bank regulation -
1.1 Prudential regulation -
(a) General -
(i) EU -
EBA: Roadmap on strengthening the Prudential framework -
Status: Final -
The EBA has published its roadmap on the Banking Package, which...more
1/10/2024
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Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
Cybersecurity ,
EMIR ,
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1. Bank regulation -
1.1 Prudential regulation -
The ESRB has published a speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB and Chair of the ESRB, on its first general warning about financial stability risks that it published...more
12/4/2023
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Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
EMIR ,
ESRB ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
FATF ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Reporting ,
Investment Firms ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management
The EBA has published the European Supervisory Examination Programme (ESEP) for 2024, which identifies key topics for heightened supervisory attention across the EU. The EBA selected three key topics for supervisory attention...more
A new decree no. 2023-813 of 22 August 2023 (the Decree) just amended the French definition of the MiFID service of reception and transmission of orders (the RTO Service) since 1st September 2023....more
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Furthermore, we produce detailed briefings to cover key developments in the field of financial...more
9/5/2023
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Capital Markets ,
Code of Conduct ,
EU ,
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Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Firms ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
MiFID ,
MiFIR ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Management
Since the beginning of the Brexit transition period, developments in both the UK and EU have impacted the MiFID rules in various ways.
In the UK, there have been changes under the EUWA on-shoring process; “quick-fix”...more
The Council of the EU has announced that it has reached provisional political agreement with the EP on the proposed Directive amending CRD IV as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches and ESG risks (CRD...more
The EBA has launched a consultation on two RTS and ITS on the functioning of supervisory colleges under the CRD. These new technical standards will ensure that the Level 2 framework for the functioning of supervisory colleges...more
6/1/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
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Cybersecurity ,
E-Money ,
ELTIF ,
EU ,
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European Central Bank ,
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Single Supervisory Mechanism
Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language.
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Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language.
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This memorandum aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current ELTIF regime (see section 2 below) as well as the most salient features of the new ELTIF regime (see section 3 below), including a table showing the...more
Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language.
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Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language.
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Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language.
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The European long-term investment fund (ELTIF) is an EU fund regime that was introduced in 2015 by Regulation (EU) 2015/760 (the ELTIF Regulation) to boost long-term investments through EU alternative investment funds (AIFs)...more
Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language.
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Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding European regulatory law in English language.
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The Council of the EU announced that it had reached political agreement with the EP on the ‘Daisy Chain’ proposal, which amends the EU bank resolution framework by: (i) incorporating a dedicated treatment for the indirect...more
The European Commission has finalised its proposed ESG-related changes to MiFID II. These are intended to fit together with SFDR, and are part of a suite of ESG related changes being made via amends to AIFMD, the UCITS...more
On 25 November, the European Commission published its long awaited AIFMD Review package including a proposal amending the AIFMD and the UCITS Directive on delegation, liquidity risk management, provision of depositary and...more
As part of the proposed Banking Package (CRDVI), the European Commission has proposed a harmonised EU regulatory framework for third country bank branches.
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A high-level timeline summarising key dates and expected publications for the EU and UK MiFID Review.
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We look at the architecture of the new European regulatory framework and some of the key areas relevant to the corporate structure of UK and other European financial institutions....more
On 3rd October 2018, the French Government published a draft bill providing the Government with the power to adopt legislation to mitigate the risks arising from the situation where the UK and the EU27 fail to ratify the...more