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The world's most talked about number: LIBOR 2020
20.01.2020

LIBOR transition has been firmly highlighted as a key topic for 2020 with the Bank of England (the Bank), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates (RFRWG) publishing a series of documents outlining priorities and milestones for the coming year, to ensure firms are preparing for the cessation of LIBOR from the end of 2021.
Brexit news for financial services firms - from 14 December 2019 to 5 January 2020
17.01.2020
A new EU operational resilience framework for cyber security?
23.12.2019

Our recent RegZone article discussed the FCA, PRA and Bank of England consultations on improving financial stability in the UK markets through operational resilience. Continuing this theme, but now from the EU perspective, the EBA and EIOPA have published Guidelines to address increasing concern about the changing operational risks posed ...
European Commission consults on regulatory framework for cryptoassets
23.12.2019

On 19 December 2019, the European Commission (the Commission) published a consultation document seeking views on the EU regulatory framework for cryptoassets. Other topical areas discussed include the promotion of digital finance and blockchain, and the development of a relatively new subset of cryptoassets: stablecoins. Given that there is no ...
Switzerland proposes key amendments to laws on blockchain and DLT technology
20.12.2019

The Swiss legislation initiative to accommodate blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) is well underway. After the consultation phase initiated this spring (see our earlier report), the Swiss Federal Council has now adopted the dispatch (Botschaft) on the amendments of various federal laws to further improve the legal framework for ...

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SIX Exchange Regulation

Term:

SIX Exchange Regulation

Other Names:

Definition:

Area:

Type:

Regulator

Country:

Switzerland

URL:

http://www.six-exchange-regulation.com/index_en.html
Slovenian Bank Association

Term:

Slovenian Bank Association

Other Names:

Združenje bank Slovenije (ZBS)

Definition:

Area:

Type:

Trade Association

Country:

Slovenia

URL:

http://www.zbs-giz.si/en/
Surveillance of the Financial Sector Commission

Term:

Surveillance of the Financial Sector Commission

Other Names:

Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)

Definition:

Responsible for financial regulation in Luxembourg. The competent authority for the authorisation and supervision of payment institutions (article 20); and MiFID.

Area:

Type:

Regulator

Country:

Luxembourg

URL:

http://www.cssf.lu/en/
Swedish Central Bank

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Swedish Central Bank

Other Names:

Sveriges Riksbank

Definition:

Responsible for monetary policy with objectives of maintaining price stability and promoting a safe and efficient payment system.

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Type:

Regulator

Country:

URL:

http://www.riksbank.se/en/
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

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Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

Other Names:

FINMA

Definition:

Area:

Type:

Regulator

Country:

Switzerland

URL:

http://www.finma.ch/e/Pages/default.aspx
Swiss National Bank

Term:

Swiss National Bank

Other Names:

SNB

Definition:

Conducts monetary policy; ensures price stability.

Area:

Type:

Regulator

Country:

Switzerland

URL:

http://www.snb.ch/en/
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) [Defunct]

Term:

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) [Defunct]

Other Names:

SIFMA Europe, AFME

Definition:

Defunct. Merged with LIBA to form AFME

Area:

Type:

Trade Association

Country:

EU

URL:

http://www.sifma.org/
Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets

Term:

Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets

Other Names:

AFM

Definition:

Area:

Type:

Regulator

Country:

Netherlands

URL:

http://www.afm.nl/en

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20.01.2020
FCA: Understanding mortgage prisoners
Following PS19/27 (on the changes to the responsible lending rules), FCA has published further data on the mortgage prisoner population.
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20.01.2020
EC: Law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters
The slides, which discuss AML/CTF, are noted to be for presentational and information purposes only and were presented to the Article 50 Working Party on 16...
January 2020.
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20.01.2020
ECB: Guideline on the materiality threshold for credit obligations past due for less significant institutions
ECB has published a draft guidelines addressed to national competent authorities to set a single materiality threshold for all “less significant institutions” within the SSM for...
retail and non-retail exposures. Responses are required by 17 February 2020.
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20.01.2020
FRC: Annual review of the UK Corporate Governance Code
FRC’s report provides an assessment of corporate governance in the UK by considering the quality of reporting against the 2016 UK Corporate Governance Code and comments...
on aspects of “early adoption of the 2018 Code. Specific areas covered include culture and remuneration.
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- Link 1
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