The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes the first part of its response to the European Commission's Call for Advice on the review of the large exposures regime.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) today publishes a questionnaire on the identification of users/investors needs on credit institutions Pillar 3 disclosures
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its Principles for disclosures in times of stress intended to guide financial institutions in the preparation of public disclosures made to conform with existing disclosure requirements or recommendations or on an ad hoc basis, incorporating the lessons learnt from the financial crisis.
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today the findings of a survey it has carried out with regard to regulatory implementation of disclosures by credit institutions as set out in chapter 5 of Directive 2006/48/CE which transposes the Basel Pillar 3 requirements into EU legislation. CEBS’s survey provides an overview of the situation in the EU. The findings and the discussions within CEBS and with the industry reveal that the implementation of the Pillar 3 provisions does not give rise to major concerns. The findings of the note have been discussed with industry representatives during a workshop on Pillar 3 issues held on 7 December 2007.
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today the findings of an analysis following up on the application of its recommendations in the ‘Report on banks’ transparency on activities and products affected by the recent market turmoil’ published on 18 June 2008.
EBA publishes follow-up review of banks’ transparency in their 2010 Pillar 3 reports
Following the European Commission’s call for advice received on 17 March 2009, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its advice on the information that may be exchanged between home supervisors and host supervisors of branches under article 42 of Directive 48/2006/EC (“the Capital Requirements Directive” or “CRD”).
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a Call for expression of interest to prepare the renewal of its Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG). The deadline for application is 28 June 2013, 23:59 GMT.
The EBA announces the benchmark to be used in the 2011 EU-wide stress test
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes a consultation paper on the risks arising from commodities business and from firms carrying out commodities business. The report responds to the second part of a Call for Advice issued by the European Commission in August 2006 in which CEBS was invited to assess the prudential risks arising from the conduct of commodities business. CEBS invites all interested parties to discuss the findings of the risk assessment in an open discussion on 9 July 2007 (9.30–12.30), at the CEBS office in London and/or to send written comments on the consultation paper to the CEBS secretariat (commodities@c-ebs.org) by 27 July 2007. Due to the limited number of seats prior registration would be appreciated.
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) is publishing today a quantitative analysis of the capital instruments that are eligible for prudential purposes in the application of the European Banking Directives. It is the fourth contribution of CEBS to the European Commission's current review of the definition of Own Funds.
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) organised a public hearing open to all interested parties on ‘towards further convergence on own funds in Europe’ on 11 June 2007 in London. The objective of the event was to hear about the range of concerns the current definition of own funds in the EU, and especially Tier 1 hybrid capital instruments, causes for market participants and their views on what a more consistent definition would look like.
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) is publishing today the approved amendments to the Guidelines on Financial Reporting (FINREP) which were submitted for public consultation on 20 April 2007. (CP06rev) During the consultation period, CEBS has received a number of comments from industry participants which have improved the quality and the accuracy of the proposals. (CP06rev_responses). CEBS welcomes the constructive contributions made by respondents and is open to continuing the dialogue with the industry to improve the Guidelines along those lines. CEBS will monitor future developments in the standards to check whether they have an impact on the current version of the Guidelines.
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its “Compendium of supplementary guidelines on implementation issues of operational risk” (the Compendium) and a feedback document following a three-month consultation period on CP21 and a related public hearing.