International Regulatory Updates

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its regular Risk Dashboard. Using quantitative risk indicators, along with the opinions of banks and market analysts from its Risk Assessment Questionnaire, the EBA's dashboard identified ongoing improvements in the repair of the EU banking sector ...

What’s Inside This Issue: Prof John Mamo to be appointed MFSA chairperson Conduct of Business Rulebook Feedback Statement issued MFSA issues revised Investment Services Rules Revised Financial Market Rules for Trading Venues, DRSPs and Central Securities Depositories MFSA Consults ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a statement to support the smooth implementation of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) requirements under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). Click here to access the full press release. ...

Professor John Mamo will be the new non-executive chairperson of the MFSA. He will be replacing Professor Joseph Bannister, who will be retained as an advisor to thegovernment. This was announced today by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat during a lunch with the Malta Business Network Link to Full Pr ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published three consultation papers on draft technical standards implementing the Securitisation Regulation (SR). The Regulation establishes a general framework for securitisation and creates a specific framework for simple, transparent and st ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) today published the draft ECB guide on the assessment methodology (EGAM) for the internal model method and the advanced CVA capital charge for counterparty credit risk. The draft guide indicates how ECB Banking Supervision intends to assess internal models for counter ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) today published the outcome of its second Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) in 2016. The aggregate capital demand for 2017 for the directly supervised banks remains comparable to 2016 – at an average and median of around 10% Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1 ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today data templates that will create the foundation for NPL transactions across the EU. The templates will provide a common EU data set for the screening, financial due diligence and valuation during NPL transactions. An extended use of the templates i ...

Stress tests are an important supervisory tool to provide insight into the risks and vulnerabilities of the European occupational pensions sector. They contribute to the stability of the financial system and the European economy and enhance the protection of pension scheme members and beneficiaries. ...

European Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORPs) providing defined benefits and hybrid pension schemes have, in aggregate, insufficient assets to cover their liabilities Sponsors of over a quarter of IORPs might face challenges meeting their obligations Vulnerabilities could ...