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Key elements of the 2025 CCP Stress Test

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The Bank of England (BoE) has published key elements to its 2025 Stress Test of UK Central Counterparties (CCPs), along with a spreadsheet containing the relevant market stress scenarios. This exercise, the fourth of its...more

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BoE publishes two new stress test scenarios for 2025 Bank Capital Stress Test

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The Bank of England (BoE) has updated its stress testing webpage, announcing it has published two stress test scenarios for use by banks and building societies that are not participants in its concurrent stress testing...more

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International bodies report on streamlining variation margin processes and initial margin responsiveness of margin models in...

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The Basel Committee on Banking Standards and International Organization of Securities Commissions published a final report on streamlining variation margin processes and initial margin responsiveness of margin models in...more

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UK: The PRA sets out its supervisory priorities for insurers in 2025

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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

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Bank of England Amends Approach to Stress Testing UK Banking System

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The Bank of England has updated its approach to stress testing the U.K. banking system. From 2025 onwards, the BoE will move from an annual to a biennial frequency for its main bank capital stress test...more

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Bank of England System-Wide Exploratory Scenario Exercise and 2024 Central Counterparty Supervisory Stress Test

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The Bank of England has published the final report on its system-wide exploratory scenario. The SWES was a 'system-wide' exercise, incorporating a wide range of financial firms and business models, focusing not on the...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, April 2021 # 4

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BoE stress testing: 2021 Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario update - Reports on key recent regulatory developments focussing on banking and finance. See also our Financial institutions general regulatory news and other...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, March 2021 # 5

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Depositor protection identity verification: PRA PS4/21 - Following its consultation in CP3/21, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a policy statement, PS4/21, on depositor protection identity...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, March 2021 # 4

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CRR: Commission Implementing Regulation containing ITS on reporting requirements for market risk Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/453 containing implementing technical standards (ITS) on specific reporting...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, February 2021 # 4

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BoE banking solvency stress test 2021 scenario - The Bank of England (BoE) has updated its stress testing webpage and published the solvency stress test 2021 scenario for banks and building societies that are not part of...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, February 2021 # 2

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UK ring-fencing and proprietary trading independent reviews: Terms of Reference - HM Treasury has published the Terms of Reference for the upcoming statutory reviews of the ring-fencing regime legislation and banks'...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, January 2021 # 2

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Depositor protection identity verification: PRA CP3/21 - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation paper, CP3/21, on depositor protection identity verification....more

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UK Finance Webinar Recap: Operational Resilience – Lessons Learnt from the Crisis

The Pandemic Crisis has offered the financial services sector a live stress test environment to assess its planning, systems, and processes for Operational Resilience. To explore this and see how institutions have fared so...more

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Bank of England announces June 2021 launch date for climate stress test exercise

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The Bank of England has announced its climate stress test exercise for the financial services sector will be held in June 2021. Climate stress test launch - The stress test is a tool to (i) measure the risks faced in...more

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Banking and finance regulatory news, June 2020 #3

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COVID-19: EBA extends application date of guidelines on moratoria on loan repayments - On 18 June 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) announced that it is extending the application date of its guidelines on...more

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Insurance regulatory news, June 2020 #3

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Insurance stress test 2019 and COVID-19 stress testing: FCA feedback - The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a Dear CEO letter giving feedback to general and life insurers that participated in the 2019...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.10.2019 | Top Story: US Softens Some Huawei Restrictions

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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced yesterday that the US will, mere weeks after blacklisting Huawei altogether, allow some American companies to keep doing business with the Chinese telecom company. The reversal appears...more

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Unbowed by personal attacks from the White House, Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivered remarks to the Economic Club of New York on Wednesday that markets used as an excuse to jump nearly 600 points by the closing bell.  ...more

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UK Prudential Regulator Provides Hurdle Rate Change Information for 2018 Stress Test

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The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a statement on Systemic Risk Buffers and Pillar 2A in stress test hurdle rates. The Bank of England announced in its March 2018 Key Elements of the 2018 Stress Test that...more

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CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is undoubtedly breathing a sigh of relief on news out of the UK yesterday that Uber will regain its taxi license in London—a “crucial victory for efforts by its new chief executive to revamp the...more

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UK Prudential Regulation Authority Finalizes Model Risk Management Principles for Stress Testing

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The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a Policy Statement and a finalized Supervisory Statement following a consultation which ran from December 2017 to March 2018 on model risk management principles for...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Topics on Broker/Dealer and UK/EU Developments

BROKER-DEALER - Nasdaq Has Proposed a New Rule Change To Modify Its System of Volume-Based Credits - The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to...more

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Bank of England Publishes Details of Its 2018 Stress Test

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The Bank of England has published a report entitled "Stress testing in the U.K. banking system: key elements of the 2018 stress test," providing details of the Annual Cyclical Scenario, which is the only stress test that the...more

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Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - February 2018 #2

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In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more

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Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - February 2018

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In this week's newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more

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