Press releases

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) is publishing today the Protocol and Methodology for a peer review mechanism. A group dedicated to conducting peer reviews – the Review Panel - is being set up and CEBS is now implementing ‘peer review’ as a powerful tool for convergence.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) and the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) today publish their guidelines for the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases in holdings in the financial sector as required by Directive 2007/44/EC.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today the amended Public Statement of Consultation Practices, which was submitted for a three-month public consultation on 19 March 2007.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes a finalised set of principles for remuneration policies following a one-month public consultation period and a public hearing. The principles address key aspects of well functioning remuneration policies and thus support the sound operation of banking institutions.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today its revised Peer Review (PR) Methodology that was originally initiated in 2007.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its guidelines on liquidity buffers following a four-month public consultation period and a public hearing. These guidelines, which build on CEBS’s Recommendations on Liquidity Risk Management, elaborate upon the appropriate size and composition of liquidity buffers to enable banks to withstand a liquidity stress for a period of at least one month without changing their business models.

CEBS has today published the final text of its Guidelines for the joint assessment of the elements covered by the supervisory review and evaluation process and joint decision regarding the capital adequacy of cross-border groups (GL 39).

Their publication is a further step towards greater disclosure of remuneration information, first proposed in the second amendment to the CRD (CRD III), which came into force on 1 January 2011.

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) is launching today a three-month public consultation on the proposed response to the call for technical advice from the European Commission on the fundamental review of the Financial Conglomerates Directive (“the FICOD“).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today an open consultation on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the capital requirements for central counterparties (CCPs). These RTS are drafted according to the Regulation on OTC derivative transactions, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR). The consultation runs until 31 July 2012.

The European Banking Authority publishes today a Discussion Paper on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the capital requirements for CCPs foreseen by the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Discussion Paper: EBA/DP/2012/1)

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a consultation on the draft guidelines on the assessment of the suitability of members of the management body and key function holders. The proposed Guidelines set out the process, criteria and minimum requirements for assessing the suitability of those persons.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a discussion paper presenting its preliminary views on the application of prudent valuation requirements to all positions that are measured at fair value, as provided for under Articles 31 and 100 of the draft Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). It also sets the EBA’s preliminary view on how valuation adjustments could in practice be applied by institutions in a consistent manner.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on Draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on Supervisory reporting requirements for leverage ratio. These ITS, which will be part of the EU single rulebook, intend to specify the main features (formats, frequencies, IT solutions) of prudential reporting to be applied by financial institutions in Europe. The consultation runs until 27 August 2012.

The EBA today publishes two consultation papers (CP46 and CP47) on guidelines for data collection on bank remuneration practices.<br />Their publication is a further step towards greater disclosure of remuneration information, first proposed in the second amendment to the CRD (CRD III), which came into force on 1 January 2011.