| 1 | Liquidity buffer guidelines: CEBS consultation The Committee of European Banking Supervisors is consulting on liquidity buffers and survival periods. | Legal update: archive | 20-Aug-2009 |
| 2 | Equitable Life: initial proposals Sir John Chadwick has set out initial proposals on relevant issues for the proposed compensation scheme for investors. | Legal update: archive | 21-Jul-2009 |
| 3 | Liquidity regime: transitional provisions The Financial Services Authority is consulting on transitional measures for the liquidity regime. | Legal update: archive | 21-Jul-2009 |
| 4 | Short selling: disclosure and regulation The Financial Services Authority has published a policy statement on the extension of the short selling disclosure obligation. | Legal update: archive | 21-Jul-2009 |
| 5 | EU banking supervision: taking it to the next level European Commission proposals go further than a "regulator of regulators", and propose direct EU-level supervision of systemically important financial institutions. | Legal update: archive | 19-Jun-2009 |
| 6 | Short selling disclosure: consultation The Financial Services Authority is consulting on proposals to extend its short selling disclosure obligation. | Legal update: archive | 18-Jun-2009 |
| 7 | Stress testing: principles The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published principles for sound governance, design and implementation of stress testing practices at banks. | Legal update: archive | 18-Jun-2009 |
| 8 | AIFM Directive: alternative reality for alternative investment? The publication by the European Commission of the draft Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers has provoked intense criticism from the private equity and hedge funds sectors. Many of those within the industry fear the Directive as drafted could severely damage the industry's competitiveness. | Legal update: archive | 22-May-2009 |
| 9 | Proposed AIFM Directive The European Commission has published a proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. | Legal update: archive | 22-May-2009 |
| 10 | Asset-backed securities guarantee scheme The government has published further details of its asset-backed securities guarantee scheme. | Legal update: archive | 21-May-2009 |
| 11 | Bank of England: commercial paper facility The Bank of England has published two market notices relating to its commercial paper facility. | Legal update: archive | 21-May-2009 |
| 12 | Financial instruments: fair value practices The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published guidance for banks and banking supervisors to strengthen banks' valuation processes for financial instruments and the supervisory assessments of those processes. | Legal update: archive | 21-May-2009 |
| 13 | Liquidity reporting: FSA consultation The Financial Services Authority is consulting on liquidity reporting. | Legal update: archive | 21-May-2009 |
| 14 | Risk management: CEBS consultation The Committee of European Banking Supervisors is consulting on proposed high-level principles for risk management. | Legal update: archive | 21-May-2009 |
| 15 | Short selling: ESME position paper The European Securities Markets Expert Group has published a position paper on short selling at the request of the European Commission. | Legal update: archive | 24-Apr-2009 |
| 16 | Short selling: IOSCO consultation The International Organization of Securities Commissions is consulting on the regulation of short selling. | Legal update: archive | 24-Apr-2009 |
| 17 | Banking Act 2009 The Banking Act 2009 received Royal Assent on 12 February 2009. | Legal update: archive | 20-Feb-2009 |
| 18 | Equitable Life: government response The government has responded to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report into the regulation of Equitable Life. | Legal update: archive | 20-Feb-2009 |
| 19 | Credit rating agencies: proposed regulation The European Commission has published a proposal for an EC Regulation on credit rating agencies. | Legal update: archive | 21-Nov-2008 |
| 20 | Bonuses: the end of an era? There has been much in the media relating to bonuses, with the Prime Minister publicly declaring that "the days of big bonuses are over". Indeed, under the terms of the recent refinancings of RBS, HBOS and Lloyds TSB, the three banks agreed to scrap executive bonuses for the current year and to tie future rewards to performance. So what does the future hold for bonuses, particularly in the financial services sector? | Legal update: archive | 29-Oct-2008 |
| 21 | Bank of England liquidity scheme The Bank of England has extended the expiry of the special liquidity scheme. | Legal update: archive | 24-Oct-2008 |
| 22 | Banking Reform Bill: proposal The government has proposed a Banking Reform Bill to strengthen the stability of the UK's financial system. | Legal update: archive | 24-Oct-2008 |
| 23 | Principles for sound liquidity risk management and ... The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a revised version of its Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision. | Legal update: archive | 24-Oct-2008 |
| 24 | Economic capital modelling practices The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a consultative document on the range of practices and issues in economic capital marketing. | Legal update: archive | 29-Sep-2008 |
| 25 | Credit rating agencies: EU and international developments The European Commission has published two consultations on its proposals to regulate credit rating agencies at EU level and two global industry initiatives relating to credit rating agencies have been announced. | Legal update: archive | 26-Aug-2008 |
| 26 | Liquidity and prudential regulation: lessons to be learnt The Parliamentary Ombudsman's recent report on Equitable Life and the current focus on the financial health of the banking sector both raise the question of how liquidity and prudential regulation should be managed within financial institutions. | Legal update: archive | 26-Aug-2008 |
| 27 | Banking market best practices The Institute of International Finance has published its final report on market best practices. | Legal update: archive | 22-Aug-2008 |
| 28 | Systems and controls: MiFID and CRD implementation The Financial Services Authority has adopted new systems and controls measures in its Handbook of rules and guidance to implement the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the Capital Requirements Directive. | Legal update: archive | 26-Jan-2007 |
| 29 | AMA and IRB guidelines The Committee of European Banking Supervisors has published final guidelines on the implementation, validation and assessment of the Advanced Measurement and Internal Ratings Based approaches under the Capital Requirements Directive. | Legal update: archive | 20-Apr-2006 |
| 30 | Financial groups The Financial Services Authority and HM Treasury are consulting on proposals to implement the Financial Groups Directive. | Legal update: archive | 28-Nov-2003 |
| 31 | Capital requirements The European Commission has published a third consultation paper on the proposed new capital requirements framework for banks and investment firms. | Legal update: archive | 24-Jul-2003 |