Search Results for: European Banking Authority (EBA)
EAB and ESMA call to clarify Margin Requirements between CRR and EMIR
January 19th, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published today their joint report on the functioning of the Capital Requirements Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR) with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 ...
Central Bank of Greece forecast a strengthening of growth for 2017
December 16th, 2016
Today, in accordance with its Statute, the Bank of Greece submitted its Interim Report on Monetary Policy 2016 to the Speaker of the Greek Parliament and the Cabinet. Progress with the implementation of the programme and with economic recovery ...
CySec has issued a Circular to inform Cyprus Investment Frms about EBA guidelines
December 7th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular in relation to the European Banking Authority ‘Revised guidelines on the further specification of the indicators of global systemic importance and their disclosure’ and wishes to inform the ...
EBA publishes results of the CRDIV-CRR/Basel III monitoring exercise as of 30 June 2015
March 3rd, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its ninth report of the CRDIV-CRR/Basel III monitoring exercise on the European banking system. This exercise, run in parallel with the one conducted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) at ...
PRA and FCA statement on compliance with the EBA guidelines on Sound Remuneration Policies
March 1st, 2016
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have notified the European Banking Authority (EBA) that the regulators will comply with all aspects of the EBA Guidelines on Sound Remuneration Policies, except for the provision that the ...
EBA launches 2016 EU wide stress test exercise
February 26th, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) released today the methodology and macroeconomic scenarios for the 2016 EU-wide stress test. The stress test is designed to provide supervisors, banks and other market participants with a common analytical framework to consistently compare ...
EBA launches an impact assessment of IFRS 9 on banks in the EU
February 1st, 2016
In the context of the forthcoming implementation of the IFRS 9 Financial instruments standard (IFRS 9) in the EU, the European Banking Authority (EBA) is launching an impact assessment of the standard on a sample of approximately 50 institutions ...
EBA publishes revised final draft technical standards and Guidelines on methodology and disclosure for global systemically important institutions
January 14th, 2016
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today revised final draft technical standards and Guidelines on the further specification of the indicators of global systemic importance and their disclosure. The need for this revision was prompted by the new data ...
Why Cloud adoption in the Finance Sector is still lagging
December 8th, 2015
Limitations to a consistent regulatory framework and the broad adoption of good practices deters financial institutions from taking advantage of the benefits of cloud computing. Cloud Computing is currently widely used in several sectors, however, its adoption in the ...
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
November 30th, 2015
In the aftermath of the Cyprus economic crisis, one sector that has been suffering for some time now is the real estate and construction industry. One could argue though that a major reason for the crisis is the overexpansion ...
