JC 2022 23 - Clarifications on the ESAs' draft RTS under SFDR.pdf
Clarifications on the ESAs' draft RTS under SFDR
Clarifications on the ESAs' draft RTS under SFDR
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published a statement providing clarifications on the draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) issued under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which include the financial product disclosures under the Taxonomy Regulation.
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated mapping between quantitative disclosure data points and the relevant supervisory reporting data points. The mapping is part of the EBA’s overall objective to make the reporting and disclosure process more efficient and less costly for banks and aims at facilitating institutions’ compliance with disclosure requirements and improving the consistency and quality of the information disclosed. The updated mapping applies to the reporting framework 3.0 and the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on institutions’ Pillar 3 public disclosures.
Updated Joint ESA Supervisory Statement on the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) have today updated their joint supervisory statement on the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). This includes a new timeline, expectations about the explicit quantification of the product disclosures under Article 5 and 6 of the Taxonomy Regulation, and the use of estimates.
Draft ITS on Pillar 3 disclosures on ESG risks
Annex I - Templates for ESG prudential disclosures (XLSX)
Annex II - Instructions for ESG prudential disclosures templates
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft implementing technical standards (ITS) on Pillar 3 disclosures on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks. The final draft ITS put forward comparable disclosures to show how climate change may exacerbate other risks within institutions’ balance sheets, how institutions are mitigating those risks, and their ratios, including the GAR, on exposures financing taxonomy-aligned activities, such as those consistent with the Paris agreement goals.
Statement on application of COVID reporting after 2021
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its first draft implementing technical standards (ITS) on Pillar 3 disclosure of institutions’ exposures to interest rate risk on positions not held in the trading book (IRRBB). The final draft ITS put forward comparable disclosures that will help stakeholders assess institutions’ IRRBB risk management framework as well as the sensitivity of institutions’ economic value of equity and net interest income to changes in interest rates. The standards will amend the comprehensive ITS on institutions’ public disclosures, in line with the strategic objective of developing a single and comprehensive Pillar 3 package that should facilitate implementation by institutions and further promote market discipline.
ITS on disclosure of information on exposures to interest rate risk on positions not held in the trading book
Annex I - Templates for interest rate risk of non-trading book activities disclosure
Annex II - Instructions for interest rate risk of non-trading book activities disclosure templates
Joint Final Report on RTS on content and presentation of sustainability disclosures
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) have delivered to the European Commission (EC) their Final Report with draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) regarding disclosures under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) as amended by the Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (Taxonomy Regulation). The disclosures relate to financial products that make sustainable investments contributing to environmental objectives.
Annex I - Disclosure of investment policy by investment firms
Final draft RTS on disclosure of investment policy by investment firms
Annex II - Instructions on disclosure of investment policy by investment firms