Mete Feridun Chair at EMU Centre for Financial Regulation and Risk
Last month, the European Commission (EC) adopted a Delegated Act (DA) to postpone the application date of the Basel III fundamental review of the trading book (FRTB) standards in the European Union (EU) for the banks’ calculation of their own funds requirements for market risk until 1 January 2026. The EC essentially considered that the implementa...
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The finalisation of Basel IV marks a significant milestone in the ongoing evolution of global banking regulation. These comprehensive reforms, concluded by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 2017, introduce critical changes across various dimensions, including risk measurement, capital adequacy, and reporting requirements. In the Europe...
19 May 2024 /regulation /wholesale Banking
The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) recent Wholesale Data Market Study (MS23/1.5) underscores the pivotal role of wholesale data within the financial markets, highlighting its importance for a myriad of critical functions such as identifying investment opportunities, executing financial asset trades, making informed investment decisions, eval...
05 March 2024 /wealth /markets Data Management and Governance
The Bank of England (BoE) and HM Treasury published a response to their joint consultation paper on 25 January 2024, setting out their assessment of the case for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). The consultation paper, which was published last year in February, marked the start of the design phase of the project. The consultation s...
26 January 2024 /payments /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Subsequent to a joint discussion paper (3/22 – Operational resilience: Critical third parties to the UK financial sector) published in July 2022, the Bank of England (the Bank), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued joint proposals on 7 December 2023 to increase resilience of the financial sector by ov...
08 December 2023 /regulation /cloud Outsourcing Banking, Financial Services Operations
With the Consultation Paper on Technical Standards for the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) aims to collect views, comments, and opinions from stakeholders and market participants on the appropriate implementation of the regulation. The paper comprising the "1st package" cov...
14 July 2023 /regulation /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) issued a public consultation on revisions to the Core principles for effective banking supervision ("Core Principles") on 6 July 2023, reflecting supervisory developments and structural changes affecting the banking system since the previous update in 2012 in six areas: financial risks; o...
08 July 2023 /regulation /retail Banking Regulations
The new Payment Services Directive (PSD3) proposed by the European Commission (EC) on 28 June 2023 marks a significant milestone in the evolution of the financial services industry. Designed to address emerging fraud risks and ensure that the European Union's (EU) financial sector remains adaptable in the face of digital transformation, PSD3 place...
02 July 2023 /payments /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
The UNEP FI's Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) aim to mobilize private finance towards the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement (PCA) goals to address the nature, climate and pollution crises. The UNEP FI's implementation framework prescribes explicit accountabilities for signatory banks, req...
01 June 2023 /regulation /sustainable Sustainable compliance
Investment firms have very different business models and risk profiles to credit institutions. They facilitate savings and investment flows by providing professional services such as investment advice, portfolio management, trading in financial instruments and fund raising for companies. As they do not accept deposits or provide loans, they are ge...
18 May 2023 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
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