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Crypto-Assets: AMF Aligns with Six Sets of European Supervisory Guidelines under MiCA Regulation

Goodwin on 5/15/2025

As part of the implementation of the European Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) has announced its compliance with six sets of guidelines adopted by European Supervisory...more

Countdown to DORA – Four Takeaway Points From Regulators’ December Statements

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/6/2025

The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) becomes binding on 17 January 2025. As the compliance deadline approaches, EU financial regulators (ESAs) have issued a flurry of statements on the act, including: - An...more

EU DORA: Are you in scope, and if so, how can you prepare?

King & Spalding on 12/23/2024

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) establishes a harmonised and comprehensive framework for information and communication technology (ICT) risk management in the financial sector. It is a directly applicable EU...more

European Supervisory Authorities Publish Joint Guidelines on System for Exchange of Information Relevant to Fit and Proper...

A&O Shearman on 11/26/2024

The European Supervisory Authorities (the European Securities and Markets Authority, European Banking Authority, and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) published joint guidelines on the system for the...more

EU Standardization Supporting the Artificial Intelligence Act

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/8/2024

With the EU’s AI Act having entered into force on August 1, 2024, companies now need to focus on its implementation. Although the AI Act will not be fully enforceable until August 2, 2027, some obligations will become binding...more

DORA: Just Over Three Months Until Take Off

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/30/2024

The deadline is fast approaching for in-scope financial entities and their ICT service providers to conform to the EU’s new digital operational resilience regulation. With effect from 17 January 2025, a broad range of EU...more

Global Legal Insights FinTech 2024: Ireland chapter

Walkers on 9/27/2024

The Irish government has been supportive of the development of the financial services sector in Ireland and this extends to fintech. The government’s strategy for the development of Ireland’s international financial services...more

The Standard Formula: A Guide to Solvency II – Chapter 10: Governance Requirements

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/4/2024

Solvency II is organised around three core pillars of prudential regulation, which ensure the safety and soundness of (re)insurers, in line with the scale, nature and complexity of their business: - Pillar One focuses on...more

EU AI Act: Key Points for Financial Services Businesses

Goodwin on 8/12/2024

The European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending...more

Cadwalader Climate - June 2024 #3

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 6/18/2024

In this week’s edition, our focus remains on carbon credits where the first ever set of “Core Carbon Principles”-labelled carbon credits were approved. The three European supervisory authorities publish their final reports on...more

Greenwashing in sustainable finance – key takeaways from EU developments

A&O Shearman on 7/27/2023

There are useful takeaways for EU and non-EU firms arising from the European Supervisory Authorities’ (ESA) latest thinking on greenwashing. In June 2023, the ESAs issued progress reports examining greenwashing risks and...more

European Financial Regulators Define Greenwashing, Outline Risks and Propose Mitigation Approaches

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 7/18/2023

In progress reports to the European Commission (EC) published on June 1, 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA), European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and European Securities and Markets Authority...more

EU Supervisory authorities launch consultation on the first batch of ICT security documentation under DORA

A&O Shearman on 6/29/2023

The European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) (together the European Supervisory authorities or ESAs)...more

European Supervisory Authorities Publish Joint Advice on the Review of the Securitisation Prudential Framework

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 12/21/2022

On 12 December 2022, the three European Supervisory Authorities (“EBA,” “EIOPA” and “ESMA”) published a joint advice on the review of the securitisation prudential framework....more

ESMA’s Post-Brexit Regime for UK Investment Firms Revisited—‘Equivalence’ or Direct Regulation?

A&O Shearman on 10/22/2020

The European Union’s financial regulatory regime for third-country access in many sectors relies on a framework of “equivalence,” whereby institutions based in approved non-EU countries with similar standards may have varying...more

The EU proposed digital operational resilience regulation

Hogan Lovells on 10/20/2020

The European Commission has published a proposed Regulation on digital operational resilience within the financial services sector in the EU. This will replace and harmonise existing guidance in relation to ICT and security...more

Regulation Round Up - July 2020

Proskauer Rose LLP on 8/7/2020

30 July - The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the High Court business interruption insurance test case. The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published a consultation paper (CP11/20)...more

EIOPA Issues Final Guidelines on Outsourcing

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/27/2020

The final guidelines create new obligations for insurers that will impact cloud outsourcing arrangements. On 6 February 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its final...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 18 – 24 October 2019

A&O Shearman on 11/6/2019

BREXIT - The Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No.3) Regulations 2019 On 24 October, the Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No.3) Regulations 2019 were made, and an...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update - 2 August 2019 - 8 August 2019

A&O Shearman on 8/15/2019

BREXIT - Please see our article, ‘Can the UK Parliament stop a no-deal Brexit?’ CONDUCT - FCA findings of review into the banking sector’s implementation of SMCR - On 5 August, the FCA published the findings of...more

EIOPA Cloud Outsourcing Guidelines Consultation

Hogan Lovells on 8/7/2019

We mentioned in our blog on 12 April 2019 that the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA) intended to publish guidance on cloud outsourcing in the (re)insurance sector. ...more

Regulation Round Up - July 2019

Proskauer Rose LLP on 8/5/2019

1 July - The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a policy statement (PS19/19) setting out the final 2019/20 regulatory fees and levies. The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ("EIOPA")...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 19 July– 25 July 2019

A&O Shearman on 8/2/2019

BREXIT - Draft Over the Counter Derivatives, Central Counterparties and Trade Repositories (Amendment etc and Transitional Provision) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 laid before Parliament On 25 July, the draft Over the...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 12 July 2019 - 18 July 2019

A&O Shearman on 7/24/2019

BREXIT - EEA Joint Committee Decisions - On 18 July, four Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee made on 29 March and five Decisions made on 11 April that amend Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement were...more

EU Supervisory Authorities Finalize Proposed Revisions to Implementing Technical Standards for Mapping of External Credit Ratings

A&O Shearman on 5/30/2019

The Joint Committee of European Supervisory Authorities has published a Final Report and final draft amending Implementing Technical Standards on the mapping of External Credit Assessment Institutions' credit assessments...more

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