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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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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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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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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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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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UK Financial Stability Report Published

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The Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England has published the latest UK Financial Stability Report. The FPC notes that the UK banking system is resilient and that UK banks are stronger than they were 10 years ago....more

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The UK and EU made a significant breakthrough early this morning to “unlock” Brexit divorce negotiations. The still-rough agreement would see Britain repaying $53 billion and addressed in at least vague terms thorny issues...more

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A banner round of stress-testing for the US’s biggest banks (all passed for the first time in the test’s 7-year history) is seen as paving the way for banks to pay out their largest dividends in nearly a decade....more

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Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - December 2016

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

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 6.30.16

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US banks made a strong showing in part 2 of the latest round of the Fed’s stress tests. Only Morgan Stanley didn’t pass unconditionally (concerns over the company’s “internal controls and processes” tripped it up), while the...more

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 6.29.16

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Big financial firm stress test results are out from the Fed later today, and though all banks proved up to the task of reserving enough capital (as reported last Friday), the economic downturn simulation that’s part of round...more

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