On 30 November 2018, the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (the “European Supervisory Authorities” or “ESAs”)...more
12/4/2018
/ Asset-Based Lending ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Collateralized Loan Obligations ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) ,
Joint Statements ,
Quarterly Report ,
Securitization ,
Securitization Standards ,
Special Purpose Entities ,
Technical Standards
This briefing reviews developments in European CMBS since the financial crisis and focuses on (1) 2011-15 European CMBS transactions (“2011-15 European CMBS”); (2) 2017-18 European CMBS (“2017-18 European CMBS”)...more
On 22 August 2018, the European Securities and Markets
Authority (“ESMA”) published its Final Report on the technical standards on disclosure requirements under the EU Securitisation Regulation (the “Final Report”)....more
8/29/2018
/ Collateralized Loan Obligations ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
RTS ,
Securitization Vehicles ,
Technical Standards ,
Transparency
On 31 July 2018, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the risk retention requirements (the “draft Risk Retention RTS”) under the EU regulation intended to lay down...more
On 15 December 2017, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published a consultation paper (the “Consultation Paper”) containing draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the risk retention requirements (the “Risk Retention...more
On 26 October 2017, the European Parliament voted in plenary session to adopt the EU regulation intended to lay down common rules on securitisation and to create a European framework for “simple, transparent and standardised”...more
10/26/2017
/ Amended Regulation ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
ESRB ,
EU ,
EU Transparency Directive ,
European Parliament ,
Institutional Investors ,
Risk Retention ,
RTS ,
Securitization ,
Special Purpose Entities
The EU legislative institutions have now agreed compromise amendments to the proposed EU regulation intended to lay down common rules on securitisation and to create a European framework for “simple, transparent and...more
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (“ECON”) has today agreed compromise amendments (the “Compromise Amendments”) to the proposed EU regulation intended to lay down common rules on...more
12/9/2016
/ Capital Markets Union ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
ECON ,
EIOPA ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Risk Retention ,
Securities ,
Securitization ,
Special Purpose Entities
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”) published an updated version of the “Basel III Document – Revisions to the securitisation framework” on 11 July 2016 (the “Amended Securitisation...more
8/4/2016
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) ,
Basel III ,
Capital Requirements ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Securitization ,
Securitization Market ,
Securitization Standards ,
Transparency ,
UK
On 6 June 2016, Paul Tang MEP, the Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (“ECON”) of the European Parliament, published a “Draft Report”, consisting mainly of draft amendments (the “Proposed...more
6/13/2016
/ Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
ECON ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Risk Retention ,
Securities ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securitization ,
Special Purpose Entities
On 19 May 2016, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament (“ECON”) published a working document on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”) intended to...more
5/26/2016
/ Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Due Diligence ,
ECON ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Investors ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Risk Retention ,
Securitization Standards ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Transparency
On 21 December 2015 the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published its final guidelines on sound remuneration policies (the “Guidelines”), together with its opinion on proportionality (the “EBA Opinion”)....more
We discussed the European Commission’s (the “Commission”) proposal for a regulation (the “Regulation”) intended to harmonise existing EU laws applying to securitisations, including EU risk retention rules, and to create a...more
On 30 September 2015, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”)1 intended to harmonise existing EU laws applying to securitisations (including proposed...more
10/2/2015
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Asset-Based Lending ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Raising ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
EIOPA ,
EU ,
European Banking Authority (EBA) ,
European Central Bank ,
European Commission ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Funding ,
Insurance Industry ,
Investors ,
Originators ,
Risk Retention ,
RTS ,
Securitization ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Small Credit Institutions ,
Solvency II ,
UCITS
On 24 June 2014, ESMA published its Final Report on the draft regulatory technical standards under CRA3. With respect to structured finance instruments, the Final Report sets out draft standards for the information to be...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “Basel Committee”) has published a second Consultative Document containing revised proposals for the Basel securitisation framework (the “Revised Proposals”). The Revised...more
New issuance of collateralised loan obligations (“CLOs”) rose last year to its highest level since the credit crunch. 2013 saw U.S. CLO issuance rise to about US$81 billion, from US$54 billion the year before while European...more
Background -
Article 405 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU)...more
I. Introduction -
Earlier this week, the EBA published its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (“Draft RTS”) on securitisation retention rules and related requirements. The RTS are intended to provide greater...more