The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a Communication on the remaining issues for financial institutions ahead of the UK’s departure from the EU. In its Communication the EBA urges continued progress...
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Rachael Preston
Government publishes No-Deal Readiness Report
The Government has published its “No-Deal Readiness Report” detailing the UK’s preparedness ahead of Brexit on 31 October. The Report contains a section on financial services which, amongst other...
Guidance on unfair consumer terms Directive
The European Commission (the “Commission”) has issued guidance on the interpretation and application of Council Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair terms in consumer contracts (“UCTD”) The Commission...
ESAs Joint Committee defines its priorities for 2020
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) (collectively “ESA”) has published its 2020 Work Programme setting out its strategy in the areas of cross-sectoral risk...
BCBS and IOSCO publish a consultation paper on STC short-term securitisations
The Basel Committee (BCBS) and IOSCO have published for consultation the criteria for identifying simple transparent and comparable (STC) short-term securitisations. The proposed criteria follow on from the STC models...
BoE publishes record of Financial Policy Committee meeting
BoE has published a record of its Financial Policy Committee’s Meeting on 21 June 2017. The report reveals the reasoning behind the recommendations and decisions in its Financial Stability Report no. 41. in...