International Regulatory Updates


JULY 18, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a data collection aimed at supporting the response to the European Commission's Call for Advice on a new prudential framework for MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) investment firms, which should be less complex, more risk sensitive ...
JULY 15, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its second annual Report on the convergence of supervisory practices across the EU. The Report, which is addressed to the EU Parliament and the Council, reviews consistency in the application of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) ...
JULY 12, 2016
The European Central Bank (ECB) today published the ECB Guide on the approach for the recognition of institutional protection schemes (IPSs) for prudential purposes. The document aims to ensure coherence, effectiveness and transparency regarding the supervisory policy that will be applied when asses ...
JULY 12, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a draft update of its report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) instruments last published on 29 May 2015 and proposed draft standardised templates for AT1 instruments. Click here to access the full press release. ...
JULY 11, 2016
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published translations of its Guidelines on cross-selling practices. The purpose of these Guidelines is to ensure a common, uniform and consistent application of these definitions. ...
JULY 11, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a benchmarking analysis of diversity practices at EU level showing that only a limited number of institutions have already adopted a diversity policy. In particular, the report highlights that the actual level of diversity in the composition of the managem ...
JULY 11, 2016
Link to Article by Dr Isabelle Agius - Click here. Link to GFM Special Report 2016 - Click here. ...
JULY 08, 2016
Final release of the XBRL Tool for Undertakings ​The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) plans to release an updated Tool for Undertakings (T4U) related to XBRL reporting under Solvency II in October 2016. The aim of this final update is to support the first c ...
JULY 07, 2016
In this section, you will find news, press releases and speeches published by the EBA as well as a calendar of events including the EBA's major activities and key dates Click here to access the full press release. ...