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In preparation for the application of the Solvency II regime the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has stated that it will prepare: . two sets of ITS - set 1 on the appro...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has announced the key components of the 2014 EU-wide stress test that will be conducted on a sample of 124 EU banks. The stress tests aim to assist supervisors to ...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has sent a letter to the European Commission asking for clarification of the definition of a derivative or derivative contracts under the European ...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a Recommendation on the use of unique identification codes (such as the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)) for supervisory reporting purposes for every c...
The updated text and new questions with related clarifications are as follows: General Questions . Q1 on funds and counterparties and whether entities with a charitable nature or otherwise a non-profi...
The European Commission priorities for 2014 include implementing financial markets reforms, data transparency and promoting international compliance. The European Commission’s Internal Market and Ser...
The European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) has published a supplement to its advice to the European Commission on the equivalence of the regulatory regime for Japanese central counterparties ...
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation paper to ensure that data that has been reported to multiple trade repositories (TR) can be used effectively by competent authorities globa...
Senior officials from the US and EU financial markets met to exchange information on regulatory developments, identify potential regulatory conflicts, and discuss their shared interest in continuing t...
The US Commodity futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has extended the no-action relief for non-US swap dealers that enter into swaps with non-US persons to 15 September 2014. This is following the CFTC...
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a consultation paper on revised good practice principles for supervisory colleges. Supervisory Colleges are, effectively, working groups of sup...
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has published details of how it intends to apply all of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s (EIOPA) guidelines and d...