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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published three consultation papers under Directive 2013/36 (CRD IV), as amended by Directive 2024/169 (CRD VI), relating to the regulatory requirements for third country branches...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper proposing amendments to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 on the timing for the application for prior permission to reduce own funds and...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper on its draft guidelines on ancillary services undertakings (ASUs) specifying the criteria for the identification of activities referred to in Article...more
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
The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has published updated operational guidance, accompanied by a press release, on the solvent wind-down (SWD) of trading books. The guidance is intended to outline the scope and key expectations...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued its final guidelines, accompanied by a press release, on the treatment of acquisition, development and construction (ADC) exposures to residential property under Article 126a of...more
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) with regard to regulatory technical standards (RTS) specifying methods for identifying the main risk...more
Key takeaways The securitisation market stands on the brink of long-needed transformation - an opportunity too important to miss. The European Commission's package of securitisation reforms helpfully addresses some key...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
This chapter discusses prudential insurance regulation in Japan. Japan is the fourth-largest insurance market in the world, with a broad customer base and a varied range of offerings. This profile, coupled with ongoing...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its 2024 Reports on the annual market and credit risk benchmarking exercises. Both reports are mandated by Article 78 of the Capital Requirements Directive to assist...more
The European Commission (EC) has launched a consultation to help determine the best approach for the application of the EU's framework on market risk prudential requirements for banks, with an accompanying press release. Last...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has launched the 2025 bank capital stress test for the seven largest and most systemic UK banks and building societies. The exercise is the successor to the Annual Cyclical Scenario. The test...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
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
Undertakings in difficulty, in the context of Solvency II, refers to insurers that are either failing or likely to fail to meet their solvency capital requirement (SCR) or their minimum capital requirement (MCR) (together,...more
“The Standard Formula’s” Rob Chaplin once again gives listeners a look at how to address some of the intricacies of Solvency II. In this episode, he is joined by Feargal Ryan for a discussion on how insurers should navigate...more
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
The European Commission has adopted a Delegated Regulation amending the EU Capital Requirements Regulation with regard to the date of application of the own funds requirements for market risk. In addition, alongside the...more
There are two main methods of calculating the solvency capital requirement (SCR) under Solvency II, the “standard formula” and “internal model” methods: (a) The standard formula method, as its name suggests, is the default...more
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1085 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, supplementing the EU Capital Requirements Regulation with regard to regulatory technical standards on the...more
The Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) is designed to protect policyholders by helping ensure that insurers can survive difficult periods and pay claims as they fall due. It prescribes a specific level of capital that an...more
Own funds is the Solvency II term for the items that constitute a (re)insurer’s regulatory capital. These are principally balance sheet items, with limited allowance for off-balance sheet items. Own funds are items that...more
Fund Tokenisation: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a press release announcing that it has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian, a collaborative initiative with the financial industry...more
The new securitisation framework will combine three sets of overlapping rules, in an effort to repeal and replace retained EU law in the UK. The missing piece of the puzzle to the UK’s new securitisation framework became...more