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Mete Feridun

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EMU Centre for Financial Regulation and Risk

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What does Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) mean for crypto-assets industry in Europe?

The recent approval of the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) by the European Parliament marks a significant milestone in the regulation of the crypto-assets industry in Europe and beyond. MiCA will establish the first harmonized and comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets and related services and activities in Europe, whic...

07 May 2023 /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights

What does the EBA`s proposal to expand FRTB reporting mean for banks?

The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) was introduced into the prudential framework of the EU by Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR 2) as a regulatory reporting requirement in 2020. The final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the FRTB reporting requirements went into force in 2021 as part of version 3.1 of the EBA report...

09 April 2023 /regulation /wholesale Banking Regulations

What do EBA’s final SREP guidelines and RTS mean for investment firms?

The European Banking Authority’s (EBA) final regulatory products with respect to the Investment Firms Directive (IFD) published on 21 July 2022 are expected to harmonise the supervisory practices regarding the supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP) of investment firms. The new regime spans a broad range of prudential areas ranging from c...

13 September 2022 /regulation Financial Services Regulation

Counterparty Credit Risk: Why should Basel Committee revisit SA-CCR?

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's (BCBS) Standardised Approach to Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR) was introduced to improve the risk sensitivity of capital framework for derivatives transactions without creating undue complexity for banks. One of the Committee’s key objectives in formulating the SA-CCR standard was to design an appro...

06 September 2022 /regulation /markets Banking Regulations

What does EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) mean for firms in scope?

Having addressed the shortcomings in its current regulatory framework on disclosure of non-financial information, the European Union (EU) is once again at the forefront of the international race to sustainability standards and the transition to a sustainable economy. The provisional political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Di...

28 August 2022 /regulation /sustainable Sustainable compliance

Regulation of Digital Finance: What does the EU Regulation of Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) mean?

Digital finance has no doubt transformed the traditional way of providing banking and financial services, enabling greater access to financial services, offering wider choice and increasing efficiency of operations. In the European Union (EU) the use of innovative technologies in the financial sector is facilitating changes to value chains, that d...

07 August 2022 /regulation /crypto Blockchain Geek

EU Sustainable Finance Framework: What does it mean for banks?

The European Commission's (EC) Action Plan on sustainable finance is a major policy objective by the European Union (EU) to promote sustainable investment. As per the plan, banks are expected to finance sustainable economic activities to trasition to a carbon neutral economy. The plan was introduced in March 2018 in response to the Paris Agreemen...

29 May 2022 /regulation /sustainable Banking Regulations

Integration of Pillar 3 Disclosures into Regulatory Reporting: New Challenges and Opportunities

The Basel Committee’s revised Pillar 3 framework of 2015 was intended to address shortcomings in the consistency and comparability of firms’ regulatory disclosures. Introducing standardised disclosure requirements under a tabular format for qualitative information and more granular disclosure requirements for quantitative information, the Committe...

12 February 2020 /regulation Banking Regulations

Regulatory and corporate returns are once again on the regulatory spotlight: What should firms do?

On 7 January 2019 the Bank of England (BoE) published a discussion paper (DP) on the way it collects data from financial institutions in response to the June 2019 Future of Finance report undertaken by Huw Van Steenis and commissioned by Mark Carney. Proposing a number of options to improve the timeliness, flexibility, quality and interpretation o...

10 January 2020 /ai /regulation Banking Regulations

Countdown to Brexit: What should EEA firms do about their regulatory permissions?

As the countdown to 31 October 2019 can now be measured in weeks, the UK and the EU are hurtling towards a no-deal Brexit. This has implications for inbound passporting EEA firms as the UK Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA) prohibits firms from carrying out a regulated activity in the UK, or purport to do so, unless they are either an autho...

06 September 2019 Banking Regulations

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