Regulatory Oversight, Banking Sector, Climate Change

BoE and PRA publish annual reports

A&O Shearman on 7/9/2025

The Bank of England (BoE) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have published a series of annual reports, which are set out below. - BoE Annual Report and Accounts. The BoE has set out its strategic investment...more

Federal Reserve Disbands Climate-Focused Internal Groups

Mintz on 6/3/2025

It has been reported that the Federal Reserve has disbanded certain internal groups that were intended to develop “institutional capacity and knowledge” with respect to climate risk. Specifically, among the groups that have...more

GHOS Meeting: Basel III implementation and climate-related financial risks

A&O Shearman on 5/21/2025

The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BIS), met to discuss the implementation of Basel III and its work on climate-related...more

Regulatory Hot Topics: Highlights

White & Case LLP on 11/16/2021

It has been a period rife with notable shifts on the global stage; a new administration in the US, the end of the Brexit transition period and the reaching of key milestones in the discontinuation of LIBOR, to name but a few....more

Financial Stability Oversight Council Issues Key Report Declaring Climate Change as an Emerging Threat to U.S. Financial Stability

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 10/25/2021

On October 21, 2021, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”), established in 2010 by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to respond to emerging threats to the stability of the U.S....more

The Year in Bankruptcy: 2017

Jones Day on 2/5/2018

The initial year of the Trump administration colored much of the political, business, and financial headlines of 2017, both in the U.S. and abroad. Key administration-related developments in 2017 included U.S. withdrawal from...more

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