The European parliament has updated its BRRD procedure file, postponing the plenary consideration of the proposal to its 14-17th April session. The regulatory framework has been agreed, however the plenary vote is a very necessary formality. Any further delay would place this cornerstone of EU banking reform perilously close to the 22nd May EU election.
On 7 January 2013, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a press release announcing the publication of its first stage public consultation, drafted in conjunction with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Insurance Authority (IA), on establishing an effective resolution regime for financial institutions, including financial market infrastructures, in Hong Kong. Continue reading
On 19 December 2013, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) issued Policy Statement PS8/13 together with two Supervisory Statements, SS18/13 on recovery planning, and SS19/13 on resolution planning. Together, this guidance details the PRA’s final RRP rules for UK banks, building societies and UK designated investment firms. Their publication follows on from the FSA’s original consultation paper (CP11/16) and Feedback Statement (FS12/1). The final rules are set out in the PRA Rulebook Recovery and Resolution Instrument 2013 (PRA 2013/37), which is annexed to PS8/13 and come into force 1 January 2014. Continue reading
MEP’s voted on the 17th to establish their position on critical details of the single resolution system. During yesterday’s Parliamentary hearing, ECB President Mario Draghi said, Continue reading
On 11 December 2013, the European Commission published a press release containing remarks made by Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services on EU banking structural reform. Mr Barnier stated that the legislative proposal on EU banking reform will be presented at the beginning of January 2014. Following the recent publication of the Volcker Rule on 10 December 2013, the Commission will also look at the details of this new rule (see this blog post for more details). For certain banks deemed too big to fail, he explained that the EU banking reform proposal will consider separation, calibration and treatment of the risks taken by these banks.
On 12 December 2013, the European Commission published a press release announcing that on 11 December 2013, Parliament and Council Presidency negotiators reached political agreement in trilogue on the proposed Recovery and Resolution Directive (RRD). The Directive will enter into force on 1 January 2015 and will introduce the bail-in principle which will apply from 1 January 2016. The Directive now needs official approval by the Parliament and Council of the EU at first reading. Continue reading
This is a link to an FT article explaining the changes currently being implemented by Credit Suisse to its legal structure in response to the resolution planning requirements of its main regulator. Continue reading
