On 9 May, Europe Day is celebrated across the EU. This year it marks the 65th anniversary of the “Schuman Declaration”, the speech delivered in 1950 by French foreign minister Robert Schuman, where a vision was set out for a new form of political cooperation in Europe that would make war between Europe’s nations unthinkable. This historical event is considered to be the beginning of what is now the European Union.
EBA-CP-2015-08 CP on ITS on Mapping of ECAIs Credit Assessments
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the mapping of External Credit Assessment Institutions’ (ECAIs) credit assessments for securitisation positions. These ITS will be part of the Single Rulebook in banking aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation across the European Union (EU) and will allow the credit ratings of all registered credit rating agencies to be used for the purposes of calculating institutions’ capital requirements. The consultation will run until 7 August 2015.
BSG response to Discussion Paper (EBA-DP-2015-01)- 5 May 2015
EBA-GL-2015-02 EBA Guidelines on recovery plan indicators
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on indicators for the recovery and resolution plans of credit institutions and investment firms across the EU. These provide the minimum list of qualitative and quantitative indicators that institutions should include in their recovery plans and will function as triggers for the recovery plans, as prescribed by the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD).
REG CALM TA 10 2015 repl Policy Expert (Remuneration and Governance) AD 7 - Eligibility grid
REG CALM TA 10 2015 repl Policy Expert (Remuneration and governance)
JC 2015 007 Joint Committee Report on Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Financial System
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published its fifth Report on Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Financial System. Overall, the report found that in the past six months, risks affecting the EU financial system have not changed in substance, but have further intensified.
EBA BS 2015 078rev1 (Final Minutes BoS 24-25 Feb 2015)
Keynote speech, Piers Haben - 4 May 2015
May 2015: Report on the monitoring of Additional Tier 1 (AT1) instruments of EU institutions
Consultation Paper on revised template for the identification of G-SIIs
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation to update its data template for the identification of global systemically relevant institutions (G-SIIs). The need for this revision was prompted by the new data template and some minor revisions introduced by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) in January 2015 for the identification of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). The consultation runs until 20 May 2015.
The EBA acknowledges notification from the Bank of Greece with respect to its decision on Resolution of Panellinia Bank S.A.
Decision of the Bank of Greece