International Regulatory Updates
DECEMBER 03, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its ninth report on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU banking sector. The report is accompanied by the EBA's 2016 transparency exercise, which provides essential data, in a comparable and accessible format, for 131 banks across the EU. Overall, ...
DECEMBER 01, 2016
What’s Inside This Issue:
Creditreform assigns A+ rating to Malta
New Banking Rules on Depositor Compensation enter into force
Consultation on the Proposed Revised Rulebooks applicable to CISs
Discussion Paper on Investment Based Crowdfunding
European Captive Forum - 2016 ...
DECEMBER 01, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today launched its new database, the European Ratings Platform (ERP), to provide access to free, up-to-date information on credit ratings and rating outlooks on its website. The ERP is an important element of ESMA’s work, following the finan ...
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
Link to Finance Malta event https://www.financemalta.org/events/event/malta-structures-to-service-european-asset-management-business-2016/ ...
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
The European Central Bank will publish additional banking supervision statistics on a quarterly basis to further strengthen the transparency and accountability of this task. These statistics offer additional and more detailed data on the financial health of the financial institutions supervised dire ...
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
Link to Programme - Click here. ...
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
The European Central Bank (ECB) today launches a public consultation on a draft guidance to develop clear and consistent definitions, measures and monitoring with regard to leveraged transactions.
Globally, leveraged finance markets have experienced a strong recovery since the crisis and are char ...
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
The 2016 annual review of the significance of credit institutions brings the number of banks and banking groups directly supervised by the ECB to 127. As a result of increased size, Citibank Holdings Ireland Ltd. has been identified as significant and will be directly supervised by the ECB from 1 Ja ...
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
The High Court ruling on the role of parliament in taking Britain out of the EU has switched the focus to domestic matters. If Britain leaves the EU, the 27 remaining EU members will have to agree and the European Parliament will need to give its consent. The British cannot expect their partners to ...
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
The European Central Bank (ECB) today publishes two guidelines on how to assess institutional protection schemes (IPSs) and coordinate the activities of the ECB and national competent authorities (NCAs). An IPS is an arrangement amongst a group of banks to safeguard their solvency and liquidity.
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