Friends 'Weekly' Newsletter
18 June 2015
EBA, CMU, SMEs, ECB, TARGET2-Securities, ECON, shadow banking, Solvency II, EIOPA, FEE´s overview, 111th Brussels for Breakfast, Grexit,EU Reform, Brexit, EMU, CCTB and more.
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Articles from 11 June 2015 - 18 June 2015 |
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EBA publishes its 2014 Annual Report
The European Banking Authority published its 2014 Annual Report, which provides a detailed account of all the work the Authority achieved in the past year and anticipates the key areas of focus in the coming years. |
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Securities |
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European Parliament: CMU - more investment across the EU and more funds for SMEs
The Capital Markets Union should boost the efficient allocation of savings to fund businesses, protect cross-border investors and create a new channel to finance the real economy, said economic and monetary MEPs in a resolution. |
ECB’s Mersch delivers introductory statement on TARGET2-Securities before ECON
Mersch highlighted in his speech that T2S is the largest market infrastructure project undertaken by the Eurosytem to date. |
EC welcomes agreement on improving transparency of certain financial transactions in the shadow banking sector
The EC welcomes the political agreement on the proposal for a regulation on reporting and transparency of securities financing transactions. It should increase the transparency of certain transactions in the shadow banking sector. |
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Insurance |
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BoE: Solvency II: regulatory reporting, internal model outputs - SS25/15
This supervisory statement sets out the PRA’s expectations of firms, and provides further clarity on the information to be reported by firms using an internal model to calculate the solvency capital requirement (SCR). |
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Asset Management |
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EIOPA: Updates on pensions stress test and quantitative assessment of solvency for occupational pension funds
EIOPA published the second set of questions and answers as well as the updated DC reporting template and the DC calculation tool for the occupational pensions stress test and quantitative assessment. |
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Corporate Governance/Accounting |
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FEE´s overview of national public oversight in 22 European countries
The new FEE publication gives a unique insight into the public oversight of the audit profession at national level. The publication is based on recent changes in EU audit legislation that also impact how public oversight of statutory auditors and audit firms is organised in EU member states. |
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Grahams Articles, Comments & Speeches |
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111th Brussels for Breakfast
Brexit, Grexit, PSD2, CMU, bank resolution and `Liikanen’ receding were amongst the topics covered. Hosted by the BBA and organised by the CSFI – with Graham Bishop and Nickolas Reinhardt of Afore Consulting. The subsequent CISI webcast is CPD-eligible. |
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"Ball now in Greek camp", ECB's Draghi tells ECON
The ECB is doing all it can to facilitate a successful outcome of the ongoing talks with Greece, Mario Draghi assured ECON MEPs. But disbursing any further financial assistance to Greece is "a political decision that will have to be taken by elected policymakers, not by central bankers". |
Open Europe: What might a Grexit mean for EU Reform and Brexit?
As negotiations falter between Greece and the Eurozone Grexit looks closer than ever. At the same time a new negotiation is just beginning between the UK and the rest of the EU aimed at reforming the EU ahead of the UK referendum. But what would happen to EU reform in the case of a Grexit? |
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Economic |
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EurActiv/Iersel: Completing the European Monetary Union
In order to support Europe's position in the world, concrete initiatives must be undertaken that strengthen the European Monetary Union. |
Reuters: Top European court throws weight behind ECB in fighting crises
The European Central Bank won crucial backing from Europe's top court for its pledge to do whatever it takes to save the euro, defeating a German group's challenge. |
Commission presents Action Plan for Fair and Efficient Corporate Taxation in the EU
The Action Plan sets out a series of initiatives to tackle tax avoidance, secure sustainable revenues and strengthen the Single Market for businesses. |
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Graham's tweets |
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