The Standard Formula Podcast | Unpacking the IAIS’ Adoption of the Insurance Capital Standard
The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
The Standard Formula Podcast | Using an Internal Model to Calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement
The Standard Formula Podcast | Bermuda Monetary Authority Proposes Enhancements to its Regulatory Regime
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part II - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
CFTC Proposal Poses “Monumental” Challenge to FCMs
The Capital Buffers and Macro-prudential Measures Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/653) have been laid before the UK parliament and published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The regulations restate relevant provisions of...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP25/10), along with a press release and an updated webpage, proposing to remove all references to the UK Capital Requirements Regulation (UK CRR)...more
The UK Financial Policy Committee (FPC) has published its consultation paper on increasing the current capital buffer thresholds which apply to other systemically important institutions (O-SIIs). The thresholds are part of...more
Established in 1994, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is a voluntary membership organisation comprising insurance regulatory authorities, central banks, ministries of finance, and other...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on its consultation paper CP23/24: capital deduction for redress: personal investment firms. The consultation was issued in response to the FCA identifying...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Standards and International Organization of Securities Commissions published a final report on streamlining variation margin processes and initial margin responsiveness of margin models in...more
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has recently published various statements regarding its current approach to its regulation of banking in the UK, including delaying implementation of Basel 3.1 rules....more
The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has set out its 2025 expectations for UK insurers, by way of a Dear CEO Letter. The areas are not exhaustive but do represent "thematic priorities". The themes will not come as a...more
In response to global uncertainty the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has further delayed the implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards in the UK to 1 January 2027. This delay comes just four months...more
The European Banking Authority has published a consultation paper on its draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the calculation and aggregation of crypto-exposure values under the Capital Requirements Regulation 3...more
Significant risk transfer transactions or SRTs are one of the fastest growing corners of the financial markets. In this update, the opening of the US market, increasing international regulatory scrutiny and updates to the UK...more
The Situation: The European Union ("EU") banking legislation has been substantially reviewed and provides notably for a new regime applicable to cross-border activities from non-EU jurisdictions....more
The UK’s banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has published a Discussion Paper (DP3/23) covering securitisation bank capital in the context of: (1) the Basel 3.1 output floor and capital requirements...more
The spring of 2023 saw more dislocation in the global financial sector than any time since the 2008-09 financial crisis. In the US, banking institutions with over $500 billion in total assets failed, and other banks that were...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
As promised, the Fed on Wednesday announced “one of the most significant rollbacks of bank rules” since the White House changed hands in the form of a draft proposal that would loosen capital and liquidity requirements for...more
On September 22, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) issued a joint consultation paper with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on data collection on remuneration practices under the Capital Requirements Directive...more