The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation on its proposals to restate, and in some cases modify, the U.K. Capital Requirements Regulation requirements relating to the definition of own funds in its...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation on streamlining the Pillar 2A capital framework and capital communications process. In addition to PRA-regulated banks, building societies, designated...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published its second near-final Policy Statement on the implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards. The PRA has decided to move the implementation date by a further six months to...more
HM Treasury has published a policy update to confirm its legislative approach for applying the "FSMA model" to the assimilated EU capital requirements regime under the U.K. Capital Requirements Regulation and Capital Buffers...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has sent a letter to lenders' chief risk officers to share the thematic findings from an internal audit review of non-systemic U.K. deposit takers' credit risk management framework....more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has announced that it is reviewing the leverage ratio requirement thresholds and is offering a modification by consent, where certain conditions are met, to disapply the relevant part...more
The European Banking Authority has published its final draft Implementing Technical Standards amending the Implementing Regulation on the benchmarking of credit risk, market risk, and IFRS9 models for the 2025 exercise....more
The Prudential Regulation Authority has published a policy statement on the leverage ratio treatment of omnibus account reserves and minor amendments to the leverage ratio framework. PRA rules require firms to exclude from...more
UK regulators have recently announced a number of reforms for banks and other financial institutions. - On 23 November 2023, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) (together,...more
On 14 March 2023, the PRA launched a consultation on the Deductions for Non-Performing Exposures (Revocations) (CRR) Instrument 2023 to remove the current Common Equity Tier 1 (“CET1”) deduction requirement for NPEs that are...more
UK CRR: Draft Capital Requirements Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2021 A draft version of the Capital Requirements Regulation (Amendment) Regulations 2021 has been published, together with a draft explanatory memorandum....more
Draft Bank of England Act 1998 (Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) Order 2021 published A draft version of the Bank of England Act 1998 (Macro-prudential Measures) (Amendment) Order 2021 has been published, together with...more
Recent regulatory developments of interest to most financial institutions, including updates from the UK government, PRA, FCA, JMLG and the European Commission. See also our sector specific updates in the Related Materials...more
UK SRR code of practice - HM Treasury has published a revised version of the Banking Act 2009 special resolution regime (SRR) code of practice which applies to the use of the SRR after the end of Brexit transition period....more
Recent regulatory development focussing on banking and finance. Includes updates relating to COVID-19 regulatory response, CRR, and more....more
2 September - The Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") updated its webpage relating to its guidance consultation on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA")...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation paper in which it proposes amendments to the Pre-Issuance Notification (PIN) requirements for regulatory capital instruments. The PIN requirements are...more
The U.K. Prudential Regulation Authority has published a consultation on proposals to reciprocate the French measure on large exposures, following a recommendation by the European Systemic Risk Board. In July 2018, France's...more
This week ITFA published its revised guidelines on CRR-compliant insurance policies. The guidelines were first published in 2016 to assist banks with navigating the complex rules for credit risk mitigation that apply to...more
HM Treasury has laid before Parliament a draft of the Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The draft Regulations grant HM Treasury...more
On 16 February 2018, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) published a consultation paper containing a draft Supervisory Statement to clarify the PRA’s expectations regarding the eligibility of guarantees as unfunded...more
It has now been two months since the PRA opened a consultation on the eligibility of unfunded guarantees as a form of credit risk mitigation for banks. The consultation will remain open for responses for two and a half more...more