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The European Banking Authority (EBA) released today its second interim report on the regulatory consistency of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) for credit risk in the banking book. This report illustrates the outcomes of the next stage in the EBA's review into RWA consistency in sovereigns, institutions and large corporate exposures, generally referred to as low default portfolios (LDP). The aim was to identify and further understand the sources of any material differences in RWA outcomes for portfolios which are specifically challenging for the banks due to limited availability of data. This analysis is closely aligned with the global work of the Basel Committee which recently released the results of their report.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a discussion paper on possible treatments of unrealised gains of assets and liabilities measured at fair value, other than including them in Common Equity Tier 1 without adjustment. The input gathered from this discussion paper will assist the EBA in providing its technical advice to the European Commission on this topic. The consultation runs until 27 September 2013.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) assessing the minimum materiality needed to implement internal approaches for calculating own fund requirements related to risks associated with debts instruments in the trading book. These RTS will be part of the Single rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the EU banking sector. The consultation runs until 15 October 2013.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on draft Guidelines on retail deposits subject to different outflows aimed at providing greater harmonisation in the reporting of retail deposits in the EU banking sector. The consultation runs until 1 October 2013.

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (Joint Committee) held its first Consumer Protection Day on 25 June 2013 in Paris.Consumer protection is a major objective for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs – EBA, ESMA, EIOPA) and under the auspices of the Joint Committee, they continue to place this high on their agenda for 2013.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) setting out the classes of instruments which can be used for the purposes of variable remuneration. These RTS will be part of the Single rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the EU. The consultation runs until 29 October 2013.