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Jochen Vester (UK)

On 12 September 2024, the PRA published Consultation Paper 8/24: Definition of Capital; restatement of CRR requirements in PRA Rulebook (CP8/24).

CP8/24 is relevant to banks, building societies, PRA-designated investment firms and PRA-approved, or PRA-designated, financial or mixed financial holding companies. It is not relevant to credit unions or third-country branches.

Following HM

On 12 September 2024, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published Consultation Paper CP7/24 – The Strong and Simple Framework: The simplified capital regime for Small Domestic Deposit Takers (SDDTs) (CP7/24) which sets out proposals aimed at significantly simplifying the capital regime for SDDTs whilst maintaining their resilience.

In CP7/24

On 12 September 2024, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a near-final Policy Statement, PS9/24: Implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards near-final part 2 (PS9/24). PS9/24 is the PRA’s second near-final Policy Statement and rules covering the implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards for credit risk, the output floor, reporting and

On 12 September 2024, HM Treasury (HMT) published a Policy Paper ‘Applying the FSMA 2000 model of regulation to the Capital Requirements Regulation’.

The Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) 2023 revoked assimilated law on financial services so that areas of regulation covered by assimilated law can be made consistent

On 11 January 2024, HM Treasury (HMT) published a consultation on enhancing the Special Resolution Regime. The consultation sets out HMT’s proposals to enhance the UK’s resolution regime for banking institutions (i.e., banks, building societies, and Prudential Regulation Authority-designated investment firms), with the aim of ensuring that the UK continues to have

On 19 December 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published the results of its 2023 Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) and its supervisory priorities for 2024 – 2026.

The SREP is an annual exercise in which ECB supervisors examine EU banks’ risks and produce capital requirements and guidance for each

On 14 December 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued two consultation papers which contain amendments to the regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the fundamental review of the trading book (FRTB) and on the standardised approach for counterparty credit risk (SA-CCR).

The proposed amendments are part of

On 14 December 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a discussion paper on the centralisation of EEA banks Pillar 3 disclosures in the EBA Pillar 3 data hub.

The Capital Requirements Regulation 3 introduces a new mandate for the EBA to centralise institutions’ prudential disclosures and make prudential information readily available through

On 14 December 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a consultation paper containing draft implementing technical standards (ITS) amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 on supervisory reporting referred to in Article 430(7) of the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) concerning the output floor, credit risk, market risk and the