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Covid-19

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Financial Institutions & SSM Supervision: what can we expect following the Covid-19 crisis?

This opinion paper aims to present and analyse the key facts regarding the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on how financial institutions might need to address the new challenges post the Covid-19 crisis and how it could interfere on ECB supervision agenda and SSM priorities.

COVID-19 CRISIS

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Payment deferral and state guarantee in the context of the covid-19 crisis

The lockdown put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19 has triggered a sudden halt in the economy, with the impact felt intensely more or less across all sectors. So far, the policy response from governments, central banks and bank supervisors has been swift and far reaching, in order to contain the economic fallout and any risks to financial stability.

CSDR

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Overview of the Settlement Internaliser in the CSDR

The CSDR (Central Securities Depository Regulation) was put into effect in September 2014, with the objective of harmonising settlement process and systems across Europe, after the financial crisis. This briefing note focuses on the role of the Settlement Internaliser and its reporting requirements under this regulation.  

SFTR

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Securities Financing Transactions Regulation

The European Commission introduced the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation to increase the transparency of securities financing markets. Avantage Reply takes a close look at the implications, challenges and opportunities posed by the regulation. 

EBA

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EBA ITS on supervisory reporting

On October 16th 2019, the EBA published the consultative paper on revised Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, which aim to keep the reporting requirements in line with changes in the regulatory framework.

DPM 2.9

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Reporting Framework 2.9

Article 99 of the CRR (Regulation (EU) No 575/2013) requires the European Banking Authority (EBA) to develop and maintain so-called Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. They shall notably cover own funds, large exposures, leverage ratio, liquidity coverage ratio, additional monitoring metrics (AMM), stable funding, asset encumbrance (regrouped under COREP), financial information (FINREP), supervisory benchmarking (SBP) and resolution planning (Resolution).

Inter-Bank Offered Rates

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Preparing for the end of IBOR

Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBOR, of which LIBOR is one example) are being forced out due to regulatory pressure following a series of scandals. This transition will have significant ramifications as these rates are used as references in many wholesale transactions and some retail transactions. Following industry and regulatory consultations, new Risk-Free Rates (RFR) are replacing IBORs. In this publication, Avantage Reply will explore the impacts of this transition on banks.

SREP 2019

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SREP 2019: what can be learned regarding SREP 2018 outcomes?

This briefing note aims to present and analyse the key facts and main outcomes of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process 2018, as applicable in 2019.

Liquidity Stress Test

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Liquidity Stress Tests: are you ready?

This briefing note aims to present first the forthcoming ECB's supervisory stress tests, highlighting areas that banks should anticipate by the summer of 2019, especially concerning operational issues. Secondly, this paper shares a number of market practices surrounding liquidity stress test frameworks for internal management and strategic steering purposes.

SREP

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EBA’S Revised SREP Guidelines

The comprehensive common EU SREP framework was established in 2014 and has been applied in practice since 2016. Following global regulatory developments, as well as the EBA's supervisory convergence assessments, specific changes were needed to reinforce the SREP framework.

Stress tests

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BCBS/EBA: Latest Publications on Supervisory and Institution Stress Tests

This briefing note focuses on the key sets of guidelines on institutions' stress testing, highlighting areas that banks should carefully evaluate to address the requirements in a timely fashion considering compliance and associated operational issues.

IRRBB

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EBA: latest developments regarding technical aspects of IRRBB

On the 31 October 2017, the EBA published a consultation paper. The objective is to consult on the revisions in the first quarter of 2018, targeting practical implementation by the end of 2018. This publication focuses on the implications of these latest developments for banks, highlighting areas that should be evaluated when addressing the requirements, considering all compliance operational issues.

Custody banks

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FCA plans review of custody banks’operational resilience

On 18 April, the FCA released their 2017/18 Business Plan describing their planned work for the coming year. Amongst their priorities relating to retail customers, technology and AML was an announcement from the FCA of planned supervisory interventions in the custodian banking sector.

UK stress test

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The Bank of England 2017 stress test: A catalyst for more efficient stress testing

On 27 March the BoE published the scenarios for their fourth annual stress test. Clearly this is not just a routine annual process; the BES and IFRS 9 make this test more operationally challenging. This paper takes a brief look at ways banks can improve the efficiency of their stress tests in the future.

Recovery and Resolution

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Recovery and Resolution Frameworks for Insurers

The EIOPA issued on 2 December 2016 a discussion paper on “potential harmonisation of recovery and resolution frameworks for insurers”. The aim of this document is to focus on key aspects of the discussion paper on which EIOPA is seeking feedback from insurers.

Bank's business models

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Banks’ business models: Enhanced monitoring by the ECB

This Briefing Note focuses on the business model analysis, highlighting areas that banks should carefully evaluate to address the requirements in a timely fashion, considering all compliance and associated operational issues.

CRR 2/ CRD 5

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CRR 2/CRD 5: High-level overview of the European Commission Proposals

On 23 November 2016, the European Commission released its proposals to amend the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and the fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD 4). This Briefing Note presents an overview of these regulatory developments highlighting areas that banks should carefully evaluate.

Stress Testing

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Analysis of the 2016 Bank of England stress testing results

The Bank of England has published the results of their annual concurrent stress test confirming that, in aggregate, the UK banking system is sufficiently capitalised to withstand a severe stress. However the regulator has been clear: there is more work to do for banks to have a sufficiently robust stress testing process. In this briefing, Avantage Reply provides its analysis and its perspectives on how banks can up their stress testing game.

Standardised Approach of Credit Risk

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The Standardised Approach for Credit Risk

The second consultative document for revisions to the Standardised Approach for Credit Risk was published in December 2015. It proposed significant revisions to the current credit risk capital framework and the first consultative document published in December 2014.

Risk & Compliance

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EDTF guidelines for IFRS 9 impairment-related disclosures

In 2012, the Financial Stability Board set up the Enhanced Disclosure Task Force (”EDTF”), which focused on the quality, comparability and transparency of these disclosures, particularly those flowing from IFRS 9 and US GAAP changes in Expected Credit Loss (“ECL”) approaches. In December 2015, the EDTF issued detailed guidance, including templates, for the requirements relating to changes in disclosures under the IFRS's new ECL regime. 

Risk & Compliance

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EBA Shadow Banking Limits - How will your firm be affected?

On the 14th of December 2015, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) issued final guidelines for Limits on exposures to shadow banking entities, outlining how financial institutions are to manage limits on shadow banking exposures, effective from 1st January 2017.