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
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
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
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued an opinion (dated 12 May) in response to a notification from the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, regarding its intention to recalibrate the risk weight floor for Norwegian retail...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has set out the outcomes from its meeting on November 19-20, 2024. Key takeaways include: - implementation of Basel III—committee members unanimously reaffirmed their expectation...more
The Single Resolution Board has published a communication on the changes to its minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities policy to be implemented in line with the "Daisy Chains Directive" (Directive (EU)...more
The EU has published the final legislation implementing revisions to the EU Capital Requirements Regulation and Capital Requirements Directive (commonly referred to as the EU banking package) in the Official Journal of the...more
Commission Implementing Regulation 2024/1618 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/763, laying down implementing technical standards on supervisory reporting and public disclosure of MREL and TLAC, has been published in...more
Resolution assessments: PRA PS10/21 on amendments to reporting and disclosure dates - Following its consultation in CP19/20, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS10/21, on...more
EU CRR: Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation containing ITS on reporting requirements for market risk - A corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/453 containing implementing technical...more
CRR: Commission Implementing Regulation containing ITS on reporting requirements for market risk Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/453 containing implementing technical standards (ITS) on specific reporting...more
Open banking: CMA consultation on future governance - The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on the future governance of open banking. In order to implement open banking, the CMA required the nine largest...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
The proposal is part of an effort to aid economic recovery and enhance the capacity of banks to lend to corporates and SMEs. The European Commission’s proposal to amend the Securitisation Regulation1 and the Capital...more
COVID-19: PRA suspends guidance levels on fixed rate lending limits for non-systemic building societies - On 11 August 2020, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a letter (dated 31 July 2020) sent from...more
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
The Banking Reform Package marks a milestone in the new EU regulatory landscape. On 27 June 2019, a series of measures referred to as the Banking Reform Package comes into force, subject to various transitional and staged...more
Essential features of bank capital regulation across Europe in one handy wall chart. Regulatory capital requirements for prudentially supervised financial services companies across Europe are complex and changing rapidly....more
For companies seeking to finance general equipment assets via asset backed securitization (ABS) instruments, risk retention has become an important consideration. In response to the latest financial crisis, both the U.S. and...more
On March 23, 2018, the European Central Bank (“ECB“) published the final versions of its: Guide to assessments of license applications. This sets out the general process and the requirements for the assessment of credit...more
Financial Industry Developments - Prohibition on Dealing or Investing in Industrial or Commercial Metals - On January 3, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") finalized a rule that...more
The European Commission (“Commission”), on 23 November 2016, released its legislative proposals to amend the EU’s Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (“BRRD”) to provide more detailed rules relating to the setting of MREL...more
After months of positioning by various EU, Banking Union and ECB policymakers across a range of speeches, interviews, articles as well as position papers, each calling for collective steps to be taken to tackle impaired...more
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