Podcast - Credit Funds: How PE Funds Can Address and Minimize Conflict When Expanding Into Credit
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
Ein Jahr nach Inkrafttreten der neuen EU-Verbraucherkreditrichtlinie (Richtlinie 2023/2225) im November 2023: Wann kommt die Umsetzung, was wird geregelt und wie sind die Reaktionen der Wirtschaft? Die...more
In this bulletin, we consider the current state of the EU, U.K. and U.S. markets for credit risk transfer (“CRT”) transactions, with a particular focus on the fund finance market. For a more in-depth introduction to this...more
One of the foundational provisions negotiated in almost every European leveraged loan agreement is the “Change of Control” definition and associated clauses. This provision is crucial because it directly impacts the risk...more
In September 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published its second economy-wide stress test, shedding light on the credit risks that European banks may face as a result of the ongoing climate transition....more
The EU has adopted the final text of the Directive on consumer credits to revise and replace the Consumer Credit Directive (2008/48/EC) (CCD II). The next step will be publication in the Official Journal of the EU and then...more
What’s New? A new European Union (EU) Directive on Credit Servicers and Credit Purchasers (the Directive) requires investors who acquire, manage, or sell non-performing loans (NPLs), issued by EU-authorised credit...more
One of the many legal consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year was that businesses were faced with having to analyse the exact remit of sanctions laws and the extent to which they caught...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to financial institutions with focus on consumer finance. Includes further COVID-19 support for customers, an FCA update on bank overdraft pricing decisions, and more....more
On 13 September 2019, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) updated its guidance in respect of the Securitisation Regulation[1] by publishing an answer to a question submitted to it in November 2018 by the Association...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
NPLs are a hot topic, high on the European supervisory authorities' agenda. Legislative and prudential requirements to reduce NPLs are rapidly evolving. In March of 2018, the EC published a package of reforms aimed at...more
The European Banking Authority has published proposals to extend the Joint Committee Guidelines on complaints-handling for the securities and banking sectors to the new institutions established under the revised Payment...more
The European Central Bank has begun a consultation on the first chapter of a proposed guide to internal models. The Capital Requirements Regulation requires the ECB to assess and grant permission for banks directly supervised...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published technical standards, technical advice and Guidelines under the Money Market Funds Regulation. These are: final draft Implementing Technical Standards providing a...more
Subsequent to the close of the consultation period following the ECB's publication of the draft guidance, the ECB issued the final guidance to banks on leveraged transactions ("Guidance") on May 16, 2017. The Guidance applies...more
ECB Publishes Public Consultation - The European Central Bank ("ECB") has published a Public Consultation on a draft Addendum to the ECB Guide on options and discretions available in Union law. ...more
Barclays and Wachovia Settle with NCUA - On October 19, 2015, Barclays PLC and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC agreed to pay $325 million and $53 million, respectively, to settle claims brought by the National Credit Union...more