International Regulatory Updates
OCTOBER 27, 2014
Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB
Welcome to this press conference about the results of the comprehensive assessment. And at the start, let me make four points. The first one is to underline that the comprehensive assessment has unique features. Namely, it combines an asset quality revi ...
OCTOBER 26, 2014
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the results of the 2014 EU-wide stress test of 123 banks. The aim of the stress test is to assess the resilience of EU banks to adverse economic developments, so as to understand remaining vulnerabilities, complete the repair of the EU banking sec ...
OCTOBER 26, 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published the results of a thorough year-long examination of the resilience and positions of the 130 largest banks in the euro area as of 31 December 2013.
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OCTOBER 23, 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) has today published a draft regulation on reporting of supervisory financial information for public consultation. This draft regulation lays down the requirements regarding reporting on supervisory financial information to be submitted to national competent authoritie ...
OCTOBER 23, 2014
What is a stress test? Why do we need an EU-wide stress test? What is the role of the EBA in the exercise? The new EBA infographics will help you find out more about the EU-wide stress test, including how to read key figures and findings, ahead of the release of the 2014 results. Visit this dedicate ...
OCTOBER 23, 2014
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, highlighting those which have been deactivated either for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems. National authorities throughout the EU a ...
OCTOBER 22, 2014
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued today its Guidelines on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) in all the official languages of the EU. According to them, national competent authorities (NCAs) should ensure that all institutions under their supervisory ...
OCTOBER 10, 2014
The European Central Bank (ECB) will publish the results of its comprehensive assessment of 130 banks on 26 October 2014. The comprehensive assessment is a thorough review of the largest banks’ balance sheets before the ECB takes up its banking supervision tasks in November 2014.
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OCTOBER 09, 2014
The AIFMD transition in Malta - Article by Robert Higgans and Clare Farrugia as featured in Hedgeweek Special Report Malta Hedge Fund Services 2014.The full version of the Hedgeweek Special Report is available here. ...
OCTOBER 06, 2014
An industry-wide survey conducted by the Malta International Training Centre (MITC), during the first quarter of 2014, indicated that there is a growing need for actuarial specialists in the financial services market in Malta. Although not Fellows of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, it remain ...
