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       Posted on May 20th, 2012

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms – Presidency Compromise

The EU is set to make its banking sector more resilient to financial shocks, as stricter capital requirements for banks and investment firms were given political approval by the Economic and Financial Affairs Council on 15 May 2012. Today’s unanimous agreement provides a basis for negotiations with the European Parliament.

These new [...]


       Posted on May 14th, 2012

Insurance Europe response to European Commission Call for Evidence on Financial Conglomerates Review

The European (re)insurance industry recognises the need to revisit the current framework for Financial Conglomerates in the current regulatory and supervisory environment. For the (re)insurance industry, financial conglomerates legislation is currently based on Insurance Groups Directive (98/78/EC) which will be repealed upon entry into force of Solvency II.

Under Solvency II, (re)insurers [...]


       Posted on May 13th, 2012

FINMA consultation on Insurance Bankruptcy Ordinance (Text in German)

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has opened the consultation on the new Insurance Bankruptcy Ordinance. This Ordinance is needed because the Insurance Supervision Act only provides a rudimentary framework for bankruptcy proceedings and because FINMA is responsible for overseeing the bankruptcy of insurance companies since 1 September 2011. The consultation period [...]


       Posted on May 10th, 2012

Report on the fulfilment of the EBA Recommendation following the 2011 EU-wide stress test

Following the publication of the 2011 EU-wide stress test results in July 2011, the EBA issued a Recommendation to national supervisory authorities (NSAs) to ensure that appropriate mitigating actions were put in place with respect to (i) banks with a Core Tier 1 capital (CT1) ratio below 5% in the adverse scenario and [...]


       Posted on May 10th, 2012

Fundamental review of the trading book – BCBS Consultative document

This consultative document sets out a revised market risk framework and proposes a number of specific measures to improve trading book capital requirements. These proposals reflect the Committee’s increased focus on achieving a regulatory framework that can be implemented consistently by supervisors and which achieves comparable levels of capital across jurisdictions.

Key elements of [...]


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