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The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has issued a letter, dated 4 July 2025, to Chief Risk Officers of life insurers active in the bulk purchase annuity ("BPA") market. The letter focusses on the use of so-called...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has published a feedback statement in response to its December 2024 discussion paper on transitioning to a repo-led operating framework. The discussion paper proposed changes to the Sterling Monetary...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has announced it is withdrawing the modification by consent (MbC) for third country covered bonds in the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) part of the PRA Rulebook, which it had...more
On 21 January 2025, the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published two supervisory letters outlining 2025 priorities for international banks and UK deposit takers, respectively. In this note, we look at some of the...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has issued significant policy updates to enhance the regulatory framework for insurers and financial institutions in the UK: - Key among these is the Policy Statement on...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
On 9 January 2025, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published its annual Dear CEO Letter setting out its priorities for the supervision of (re)insurers in 2025. Similar to last year, financial and operational...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General (i) EU - ESRB: Speech on old and new frontiers of the ESRB: Systemic risk, non-banks and data analysis - Status: Final - The ESRB has published a...more
European Commission has launched a short 8 week public consultation on key aspects of the EU Securitisation Framework. The consultation seeks feedback on the effectiveness, scope and application of the current EU...more
31 July - ESG: The European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, setting out the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS”), together with a Q&A (see press release). The ESRS specify...more
By way of diversion from the current crisis mode of regulators the world over, here we discuss positive regulatory initiatives on bank liquidity, CDS clearing and the development of Long Term Asset Funds. UK bank...more
This past June 2022, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) released its Supervisory Statement (SS) on their expectations for banks’ model risk management. Just like the US supervisory guidance SR11-7, the PRA’s CP6/22...more
Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. Key developments in July 2022: ...more
COVID-19: PRA letter to credit unions and direction modifying minimum provisioning requirements - On 8 April 2020, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a letter to directors, staff members and volunteers of...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulatory Authority has published a Policy Statement, revised reporting rules and a revised Supervisory Statement on the PRA's approach to supervising liquidity and funding risks (SS 25/15). The changes...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has launched a consultation on its proposed expectations of how firms manage prudential risks associated with asset encumbrance. The PRA’s expectations are relevant to all...more