International Regulatory Updates
MAY 24, 2016
The aim is to assess vulnerabilities.
It is not a pass-or-fail exercise.
Participation increased to 75% (from 50% in 2014) of each national market.
Focus on two major market risks: prolonged low yield environment and a “doublehit” scenario.
Severe stress scenarios chosen to better id ...
MAY 24, 2016
Solvency II came into force on 1 January 2016 following a long period of preparation. Its phasing in stage is also drawing to an end with the publication of EIOPA's implementing technical standards and guidelines. This is indeed the dawn of the Solvency II era.
Link to Press Release - Click here. ...
MAY 18, 2016
EBA confirms the use of unsolicited credit ratings for determining institutions capital requirements
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Decision confirming the use of unsolicited credit assessments assigned by certain External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) for calculating institutions' capital requirements. The Decision is part of the Single Rulebook in banking and will ...
MAY 13, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today an Opinion to the European Commission expressing agreement with its proposed amendments to the EBA Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on benchmarking of internal approaches. These amendments, which were agreed with the EBA building on the experie ...
MAY 10, 2016
Click here to access the Annual Report 2015.
Click here to access the Malta Financial Services Authority Annual Report and Financial Statement 31 December 2015. ...
MAY 05, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today corrective updates to two versions of its XBRL taxonomies for supervisory reporting, correcting technical errors in the implementation of some validation rules.
Following the publication by the European Commission of the relevant amendmen ...
MAY 05, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Discussion Paper on innovative uses of consumer data by financial institutions, in line with its mandate to monitor financial innovation. The paper identifies risks and benefits for consumers and financial institutions, as well as for financial ...
MAY 05, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Discussion Paper on innovative uses of consumer data by financial institutions, in line with its mandate to monitor financial innovation. The paper identifies risks and benefits for consumers and financial institutions, as well as for financial ...
MAY 04, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today an Opinion to the European Commission supporting its proposed amendment to the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on additional collateral outflows with regard to the historical look-back approach (HLBA) calculation method. The amendment foll ...
MAY 04, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today an Opinion to the European Commission supporting its proposed amendment to the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on additional collateral outflows with regard to the historical look-back approach (HLBA) calculation method. The amendment foll ...
