International Regulatory Updates

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a periodical update of its Risk Dashboard summarising the main risks and vulnerabilities in the EU banking sector by a set of Risk Indicators in Q3 2016. Together with the Risk Dashboard, the EBA published the results of a Risk Assessment Question ...

What’s Inside This Issue: MFSA contributing actively to Malta’s EU Council Presidency | 2016 EIOPA Stress Test Sound and resilient banking system – the IMF MFSA consults on proposed revised rulebooks applicable to Collective Investment Schemes Authorisation of EWSM Listing Agents ...

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its Report on cyclicality of banks' capital requirements aiming at clarifying whether risk-sensitive bank capital requirements as laid down in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) create unintended pro ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its third impact assessment Report for the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR), together with a review of its phasing-in period. The Report shows a constant improvement of the average LCR across EU banks since 2011. At the reporting date of 31 December ...

In its meeting on 6 December 2016, the Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) decided to carry out its next EU-wide stress test in 2018, in line with its previous decision to aim for a biennial exercise. The EBA will start immediately to prepare the methodology for the 2018 str ...

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The European Central Bank (ECB) today launches a public consultation on the draft ECB guide on materiality assessment (EGMA) for changes or extensions to counterparty credit risk models. The draft ECB guide indicates how the ECB intends to interpret the existing legal framework. It assists significa ...

A supervisory snapshot of the life insurance market in Europe to assess vulnerabilities and resilience to severe market developments – not a pass or fail exercise Focus on two major market risks: A “low-for-long-yield” and a “double hit” scenario 236 insurance undertakings at solo le ...