Press releases

Concrete next steps and timeline of the 2011 EU-wide stress test exercise

<p>These draft RTS intend to specify the range of scenarios to be designed by financial institutions when testing their recovery plans.</p>

The European Banking Authority (EBA) releases today the interim results of its investigation on risk-weighted assets (RWAs) in the banking book aimed at identifying any material difference in RWA outcomes and at understanding the sources of such differences. This report, which illustrates the outcomes of the first phase of the investigation, is part of a wider EBA analysis on the consistency of RWAs, whose ultimate objective is to better understand the differences in the calculation of RWAs and, if need be, to formulate the necessary policy solutions to enhance convergence between banks and to improve disclosure.

<p>The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) have published a warning to retail investors about the dangers of investing in contracts for difference (CFDs)</p>

CEBS has today submitted its comments on the EU Commission green paper on corporate governance in financial<br />institutions and remuneration policies.

The Chairperson of the European Banking Authority spoke today at the Belgian Financial Forum Conference on "Banking Supervision: towards an EU Single Rulebook"

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on Draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the concept of Gain on Sale associated with future margin income in a securitisation context. These RTS will be part of the single rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in Europe. The consultation runs until 12 August 2012. A public hearing will take place on 28 June.

CEBS today publishes its first peer review report on its members’ compliance with CEBS’s Guidelines on the validation of the Advanced Measurement (AMA) and Internal Ratings Based (IRB) approaches used by banks to calculate capital requirements.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today its final Guidelines on Remuneration Policies and Practices.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) adopted today the draft technical standards on capital requirements for Central Counterparties (CCPs) under the EMIR Regulation. The draft standards will now be sent to the European Commission for their adoption. The EBA also adopted an Opinion on the same topic.

From the beginning of 2005 European listed companies, at the minimum, will have to publish consolidated financial statements based on the new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) rules. In response to a request from the Banking Advisory Committee, CEBS has proposed its first set of technical advice to the European Commission on the use of prudential filters in the context of the new IFRS rules and the Recasting Directive 2000/12/EC (Capital Requirements Directive), applicable 1st January 2007 onwards.

<p>The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes the final text of its revised Guidelines on stress testing which takes into the account the results of the earlier public consultation which run from December 2009 to March 2010.</p>

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) today publishes its revised Guidelines on Supervisory Disclosure.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has today published its guidelines on revised Article 3 of Directive 2006/48/EC (hereinafter “Article 3”).

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) have today published the results of their joint work on Euribor and propose principles for benchmark rate-setting processes.