The European Banking Authority has announced an extension to the consultation deadline for its draft guidelines on credit conversion factor estimations (EBA/CP/2025/10) under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), as...more
Welcome to our EU crypto update - a roundup of key Irish and EU legislative and regulatory developments shaping the crypto-asset sector. This update is brought to you by our Regulatory & Risk Advisory practice group in...more
On 17 June 2025, the European Commission (the "Commission") published its proposed measures to revive the securitisation framework in the European Union ("EU"), with a view to making it simpler and more fit for purpose. This...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) concerning the allocation of off-balance sheet items and the specification of factors that may constrain institutions'...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published a statement confirming that following the European Commission's Delegated Act postponing the application of the market risk framework (FRTB) by one more year, to 1 January 2027,...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) clarifying what constitutes an "equivalent legal mechanism" for unfinished property exposures under the Capital...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued an Opinion in the form of a no-action letter dated 5 August, addressing the application of ESG Pillar 3 disclosure requirements under the EBA disclosure implementing technical...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a final report containing three final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) aimed at standardising the collection and recording of operational risk losses under the...more
HM Treasury (HMT) has announced an extension to the consultation deadlines set out in its policy update on applying the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) model of regulation to the Capital Requirements Regulation...more
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/789 supplementing the Capital Requirements Regulation (No 575/3013) (CRR) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ). The Delegated Regulation contains...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published consultation paper CP19/25, proposing the transfer of definitions from Articles 4, 4A, 4B and 5 of the UK Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) into the PRA Rulebook...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a revised version of its guide to internal models, reflecting updates under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR3) and the revised Basel framework. The update enhances...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published an updated guide outlining its supervisory stance on the exercise of options and discretions provided for under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and the Capital...more
The European Commission has published a targeted consultation, accompanied by a press release, on a draft communication regarding the prudential treatment of equity investments by banks under legislative programmes in Article...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) EU EBA: Report on the exemption of third country undertakings from the requirement to set-up a branch for the provision of banking services to EU...more
HM Treasury (HMT) has published an update to its policy note on applying the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 model of regulation to the UK Capital Requirements Regulation (UK CRR). An earlier version of the policy...more
Directive 2024/1619 (CRD VI) will (among other things) establish a new and more prescriptive EU regulatory regime for EU branches of non-EU banks. New harmonised licencing, authorisation, capital, liquidity, booking, and...more
HM Treasury (HMT) and the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have published updates with proposed changes to the expected implementation of Basel 3.1. The changes relate to delaying the implementation of the new...more
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Commencement No. 10 and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2025 have been made. The Regulations serve to implement legislative changes required in relation to the Mansion House reforms...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper proposing amendments to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 on the timing for the application for prior permission to reduce own funds and...more
Vlad Maly and Michal Chajdukowski present the key takeaways from a package of amendments to the existing EU securitization framework, published by the European Commission on June 17, 2025. The proposals aim at...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper on its draft guidelines on ancillary services undertakings (ASUs) specifying the criteria for the identification of activities referred to in Article...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published two consultation papers under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), as amended by the revised Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR III). The first consultation paper...more
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) with regard to regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying methods for identifying the main risk...more