The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) setting out conditions for securitisation to be deemed homogeneous. Homogeneity is one of the crucial requirements for a securitisation transaction to be assessed as simple, ...more »

The European Central Bank (ECB) published on the 24th of July the results of the euro area bank lending survey collected in July 2018. These results can be summarized in three main points: Easing credit standards and increasing demand across all loan categories continued to support loan ...more »

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a new updated list of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) instruments of EU institutions. This list is accompanied by an updated CET1 Report, which includes information on the underlying objectives of the monitoring as well as on the consequences of including ...more »

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on fraud reporting under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). These Guidelines, which the EBA developed in close cooperation with the European Central Bank (ECB) and which are addressed to payment service providers and competent ...more »

The European Central Bank (ECB) published a working paper aimed at addressing the new risks arising from changes in the regulation of liquidity related issues. The prudential regulation of banks has changed dramatically since the global financial crisis. While the Basel III reforms of the quantity and ...more »

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published today the Global systemically important banks: revised assessment methodology and the higher loss absorbency requirement. The revised methodology is expected to be implemented in member jurisdictions by 2021. The Committee ...more »

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for Europe met in Florence today. RCG members began by discussing current financial vulnerabilities, including global and regional macroeconomic and financial market developments. Members received an ...more »

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published  an Opinion relating to the risks posed by lack of preparation by financial institutions for the departure of the UK from the EU. In this Opinion, the EBA asks Competent Authorities to ensure that financial institutions take practical steps now to ...more »

AIFIRM (Associazione Italiana Financial Industry Risk Managers), tramite la propria Commissione Rischi di Mercato, ha risposto alla consultazione ...more »