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European resolution and recovery framework for financial institutions
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union
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- February 17 2011
On 6 January 2011, the European Commission (the "Commission") published a consultation paper on the technical details of a possible EU framework for bank recovery and resolution (the "Consultation Paper"
European Commission consultation on the review of MiFID
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union
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- January 5 2011
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ("MiFID") came into force in November 2007 and made significant changes to the regulatory framework of financial services within the EU, introducing a harmonised regime for the regulation of investment services
CRD3 changes to trading book, re-securitisations and securitisations disclosure
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union
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- December 23 2010
On 14 December 2010, the final text of the Directive amending the Capital Requirement Directive ("CRD") as regards capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations and the supervisory review of remuneration policies (known as "CRD3") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union ("EU"
Amendments to the Prospectus Directive
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union, United Kingdom
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- December 17 2010
On 11 December 2010, the final text of the Directive amending the Prospectus Directive and the Transparency Directive (the "Amending Directive") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union ("EU"
EU Commission’s further consultation on PRIPs
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union
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- December 17 2010
As part of the long, ongoing process of seeking to promote a more consistent approach in the regulation of structured retail financial products, on 26 November 2010, the EU Commission published its consultation paper (the "Consultation Paper") on legislative steps for packaged retail investment products ("PRIPs"
The new EU directive on AIFMs
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union
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- November 17 2010
On 11 November 2010, the European Parliament (the "EU Parliament") voted to approve the controversial new Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (the "AIFM Directive") by an overwhelming majority (513 to 92 votes), concluding many months of highly politicised and contentious negotiations among the European Union ("EU") regulators, individual Member States, and the industry
Joint report of the 3l3 task force on PRIPs
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union
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- November 5 2010
On 6 October 2010, a task force of the three Level 3 Committees, comprising the Committee of European Securities Regulators ("CESR"), the Committee of European Banking Supervisors ("CEBS") and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors ("CEIOPS"), published a joint report (the "Report") on packaged retail investment products ("PRIPs"
Draft EU regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union, USA
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- September 20 2010
On 15 September 2010, the European Commission ("EU Commission") tabled its legislative proposal (the "Proposal") for a Regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (the "Regulation"
The new EU financial regulatory framework
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union
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- September 16 2010
Following a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council ("ECOFIN") on 7 September 2010, the Council of the European Union ("EU") announced that it has endorsed the agreement reached with the EU Parliament on 2 September 2010 on reforming the EU financial supervisory framework
CEBS guidelines for equity capital requirements of financial institutions
- Morrison & Foerster LLP
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- European Union
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- July 6 2010
The Capital Requirements Directive (“CRD”)1 implements the provisions of the Basel II capital framework in the European Union (“EU”
