The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement outlining the PRA's final policy on the definition of capital (as consulted on in 2024), and on proposals in relation to securitisations and...more
Proposals for securitisation reform are on the horizon in the EU and the UK. A significant package of reforms could facilitate meaningful change and allow the securitisation market to meet its full potential. Reform also...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
When the Edinburgh Reforms were announced on 9 December 2022, they were billed as an ambitious set of reforms. Two years on, we assess which of the measures have been completed, which remain outstanding, and whether they have...more
In Discussion Paper DP 13/24, the UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has set out its near-final proposals to restate the relevant provisions in the assimilated Capital Requirements Regulation (the "CRR") in the PRA...more
The draft Securitisation (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. At present, U.K. investors in U.K.- or EU-origin Simple, Transparent, and Standardized...more
On 12 September 2024, the UK’s banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") published its second policy statement on implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards in the form of near-final rules (PS9/24). This...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the new UK securitization regime, eHELOCs, and climate risk disclosures....more
Key developments in May 2024: ESG: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its webpage on the sustainability disclosure requirements (“SDR”) and investments labelling regime. Among other things, the webpage has been...more
On 30 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) published Policy Statement PS24/4 (“PS24/4”) setting out the final FCA Securitisation Sourcebook (“SECN”). Subject to the repeal of the Securitisation Regulation...more
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently published their final rules relating to securitisation. Together with certain provisions under the Securitisation Regulations 2024...more
On 30 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a policy statement (PS24/4) setting out its final firm-facing rules relating to securitisations and summarising feedback to its earlier consultation for the UK...more
The detailed disclosure requirements under the Securitisation Regulations in the EU and UK, which aim to ensure that investors receive the information needed to make informed assessments, have been considered by many market...more
The start of 2024 heralds the rollout of a new suite of rules for securitisation in the UK, which once adopted, will replace the existing on-shored UK Securitisation Regulation (the “UKSR”). Originally published in...more
Following up on a consultation in July 2023 here, the post-Brexit replacement of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council ("Sec Reg"), the UK Securitisation Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/102) ("SI")...more
The final implementation of Basel III, published in December 2017 as an updated global framework for capital requirements, is fast approaching. Basel III introduced a number of changes to the credit, market and operational...more
The UK’s banking regulator, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has published a Discussion Paper (DP3/23) covering securitisation bank capital in the context of: (1) the Basel 3.1 output floor and capital requirements...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
The UK Securitisation Regulation will be replaced as part of HM Treasury’s proposals for a smarter regulatory framework for the UK, with some requirements devolving to regulators, enabling a more flexible framework that...more
The FCA recently published its Consultation Paper on Rules relating to Securitisation. This follows the publication by HM Treasury of the near-final draft of the Securitisation Regulations 2023 and the publication by the PRA...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has published Consultation Paper 15/23 – Securitisation: General requirements (“CP 15/23”) setting out its proposed rules to replace retained EU law requirements on...more
As the pace of reform increases, we take a look at key developments and the timeline ahead. Significant progress has been made on the Edinburgh Reforms since they were announced in December 2022, with developments...more
The U.K.’s newest Financial Services and Markets Act of 2023 (“FSM Act”) received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023. Certain parts came into force on its passing, others will come into effect two months after that, and the...more
The timetable sets out three tranches of extensive regulatory changes to UK and EU law in 2023 and 2024. The “Edinburgh Reforms”, a series of announcements made on 9 December 2022 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set...more
The UK’s Temporary Transitional Power (TTP) that allowed firms time to adapt to the new requirements following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union on 31 December 2020, is ending on Thursday 31 March 2022. UK regulated...more