The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a Consultation Paper (CP) containing draft technical advice on possible delegated acts on criteria and factors for intervention powers concerning structured deposits under articles 41 and 42 of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).
The FCA has published Guidance Consultation 14/4: Guidance on the Financial Policy Committee’s (FPC) recommendation on loan to income (LTI) ratios in mortgage lending (GC14/4).
The FCA has published a speech given by Mary Starks (Director of Competition, FCA) entitled Competition policy in regulated markets.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a list of responses to its Consultation Paper and Discussion Paper on level 2 measures for MiFID II and MiFIR.
The FCA has published its latest Policy development update.
The FCA has published Handbook Notice 14, setting out changes made to the FCA Handbook under the following instruments made by the FCA Board on 24 and 26 June 2014:
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) to specify the treatment of equity exposures under the internal ratings-based (IRB) approach under article 495(3) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR).
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its third SSM quarterly report on progress in the operational implementation of the Regulation establishing the single supervisory mechanism (SSM Regulation). The report is addressed to the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission. It covers the period from 4 May 2014 to 3 August 2014 and summarises the ECB’s progress in establishing the SSM during that period.
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Excluded Activities and Prohibitions) Order 2014 and an explanatory memorandum have been published on the legislation.gov.uk website.