General
- ESFS omnibus proposal - political agreement reached between the Council of the EU and the European Parliament
- Failure of London Capital and Finance - Treasury Committee requests consideration of a statutory investigation
Brexit
- The Financial Services (Distance Marketing) (Amendment and Savings Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- The Financial Regulators’ Powers (Technical Standards etc.) and Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- The Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- MiFID II/MiFIR - FCA publishes Supervisory Statement on pre- and post-trade transparency regime
- Brexit and beyond - Speech by Nausicaa Delfas
- EU no-deal contingency planning - Council of the European Union adopts non-objection Decisions
- Endorsement of UK credit ratings - ESMA publishes statement that foreseen UK regime meets conditions
- ESMA’s data operational plan under a no-deal Brexit - ESMA publishes statement
- No-deal Brexit - EBA agrees template for MoU with FCA and PRA
Banking and Finance
- Proportionality in bank regulation and supervision - Basel Committee publishes report on survey results
- Basel III - Basel Committee publishes results of latest monitoring exercise
- PSD2 - Implementing Regulation and Delegated Regulation published in the Official Journal
- Macroprudential policy measures - ESRB Recommendation published in the Official Journal
- Capital Markets Union - European Commission publishes Communication
- Minimum loss-coverage for NPEs - European Parliament publishes provisional text of legislative resolution
- Credit servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral - procedure file updated to show indicative plenary sitting date
- Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process - EBA publishes annual report on supervisory convergence
- PSD2 - EBA launches central register on payment and e-money institutions
- Risk indicators and analysis tools - EBA publishes updated Guidance
- Single Supervisory Mechanism - ECB publishes 2018 annual report on supervisory activities
- Sterling risk-free rates - Bank of England working group publishes Discussion Paper on SONIA market conventions
- PRA Consultation Paper CP6/19 - Pillar 2 liquidity: updates to the framework
- What can the consumer credit sector expect from the FCA - speech by Jonathan Davidson
- FCA Thematic Review TR19/01: Debt management sector
- Review of PSR Directions issued under the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 - PSR publishes Policy Statement and consultation
- Case C-118/17 Zsuzsanna Dunai v ERSTE Bank Hungary Zrt
Securities and Markets
- Principles for financial market infrastructures - CPMI and IOSCO report on the current status of level 1 assessments
- MiFID II/MiFIR - Commission Delegated Regulation published in the Official Journal
- Prospectus Regulation - European Commission publishes two Delegated Regulations
- BMR - European Commission publishes draft equivalence Decisions in relation to Singapore and Australia
- EMIR 2.2 - Council of the EU publishes compromise texts and invites COREPER to approve
- Prudential requirements for investment firms - Council of the EU publishes compromise texts for IFD and IFR
- Crowdfunding service providers - procedure file updated to show indicative plenary sitting date
- MiFID II/MiFIR - ESMA publishes results of annual LIS and SSTI thresholds for bonds
- EMIR 2.2 - ECB withdraws Recommendation for a Decision amending Article 22 of the Statute on the ESCB and the ECB
- Euro risk-free rates - EMMI publishes Consultation Paper on the recommendations for the transition from EONIA to €STR
Asset Management
- Cross-border distribution of collective investment funds - HM Treasury updates the European Scrutiny Committee
Insurance
- Solvency II - EIOPA requests information from insurance undertakings
- SM&CR - FCA updates Guide for insurers
Financial Crime
- EU blacklist of AML/CTF high-risk third countries - European Commission publishes provisional text of resolution
- AML/CTF - JMLSG launches consultation on revisions to Sectors 4 and 20 of Guidance
- MiFID transaction reporting failures - FCA fines UBS AG £27.6m
Enforcement
- MiFID transaction reporting failures - FCA fines UBS AG £27.6m
Contacts
Elizabeth Prentice (professional support lawyer)
