Financial Institutions, Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), Banking Sector

EBA publishes report on direct provision of banking services from third countries under CRD VI

A&O Shearman on 8/8/2025

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its report under Article 21c(6) of the Capital Requirements Directive VI on whether to amend the provisions governing the direct provision of core banking services from third...more

Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 24 - 30 Mar 2023

A&O Shearman on 4/10/2023

Amongst the updates this week, the Council of the EU published a table comparing the initial position of the Commission, and the negotiating positions of the Council and the EP on the proposal for a Directive amending the...more

Financial institutions general regulatory news, August 2021 #2

Hogan Lovells on 8/9/2021

FCA regulatory sandbox: new application guide and now always open The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new guide to assist firms making a regulatory sandbox application. The FCA has also updated its webpage...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: June 2019

K&L Gates LLP on 6/27/2019

INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS - The New European Parliament: More Fragmentation, Ad Hoc Coalitions, And Greener Policies? The results of the May 2019 European Parliament (“EP”) elections resulted in a more complex European...more

UCITS V Directive—Overview and Practical Implications

K&L Gates LLP on 10/15/2015

Changes to the UCITS Directive (known as “UCITS V”) were published in the Official Journal of the European Union and came into force on 17 September 2014. EU Member States are required to transpose UCITS V into national law...more

Securitisation: Keeping it Simple?

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 10/2/2015

On 30 September 2015, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a proposal for a regulation (the “Proposed Regulation”)1 intended to harmonise existing EU laws applying to securitisations (including proposed...more