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What is new: The UK government has proposed a new regulatory framework for captive insurance companies, aiming to simplify regulations and enhance competitiveness in the financial services sector. Why it matters: The...more
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has published its final rules and policies in relation to its approach to supervising branches and subsidiaries of international banks headquartered, or part of a group based,...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a keynote speech delivered by its Chairperson, José Manuel Campa, at a high-level meeting for European supervisors in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on the importance of an efficient...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper (CP12/25) setting out Phase 1 of its Pillar 2A review. This first phase review seeks to address the consequential impact of the near-final PRA...more
On 20 May 2025, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a policy statement (PS6/25) on business conducted within branches of international banks operating in the UK, as well as its booking model expectations...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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/379 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The EU Capital Requirements Directive requires competent authorities to conduct an annual assessment of...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a consultation paper containing draft implementing technical standards (ITS) on amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2070 with regard to the benchmarking of...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a policy statement (PS2/25) on streamlining firm-specific capital communications which simplifies the content and process of the firm-specific capital communications used to...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
DATE DETAILS 1 January Critical third parties: Final rules and policy on critical third parties set out in the joint policy statement of the PRA and FCA (PS16/24 and PS24/16) came into effect. Certain requirements are subject...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement on amendments to resolution assessment reporting and disclosure dates. The statement provides feedback to responses the PRA received to its consultation...more
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has issued a consultation paper on proposals for rules and expectations for regulated firms to report operational incidents and material third-party arrangements (the “CP”) in...more
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Bank of England are consulting on proposals to require firms to report operational incidents and material third party arrangements. In the face...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) International - FSB: Plenary December 2024 - Status: Final - The FSB has set out the outcomes of its Plenary that met on 3 and 4 December. Points of...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - (a) General - (i) EU - ECB: Memorandum of Cooperation between ECB and CAs on third-country bank supervision - Status: Final - The ECB has published a Memorandum of...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential regulation - The ESRB has published a speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB and Chair of the ESRB, on its first general warning about financial stability risks that it published...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