Certification of Yessentials by the FSMA
Trainings
Yessentials (YBS Services) is since September 2013 formally certified by the FSMA (Financial Services and Markets Authority, the Belgian supervisor), as certified training provider in banking and inve ...
moreESMA advises Commission on equivalence of non-European derivatives rules
Securities and Market Infrastructure
The European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) has published its advice to the European Commission on the equivalence of the regulatory regimes for OTC derivatives clearing, central counterpartie ...
moreTrade Repository registration approval not expected before 7 November 2013, reporting to begin February 2014
Securities and Market Infrastructure
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated version of its EMIR implementation timetable.
moreValuing public pension liabilities deficits… A bleak outlook
Miscellaneous
The EDHEC-Risk Institute published a study on pension liabilities in EU countries. Due to the variety of national systems, getting a clear view of pension liabilities is not straightforward. The recen ...
moreOccupational Pensions – EIOPA launches quantitative impact study
Insurance
The QIS assesses the impact of the different options included in EIOPA’s advice on valuation and security mechanisms for the financial requirements for IORPs. The exercise will involve IORPs from ni ...
moreArticle: A Fully Integrated Liquidity and Market Risk Model (Attilio Meucci)
Asset Management
An excellent and practical paper by Attilio Meucci
moreArticle : Fewer, richer, greener - The end of the population explosion and the future for investors (Laurence B. Siegel)
Asset Management
An interesting article, bringing an original perspective and sometimes contrarian views on global trends…
moreBank Resolution – FDIC and Bank of England issue a joint paper
Banking
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the US and the Bank of England (BoE) issued a joint paper on practical issues related to the resolution of globally active, systemically important f ...
moreIntraday liquidity - BIS launches consultation on intraday liquidity management
Banking
Intraday liquidity can be defined as funds that are accessible during the business day, usually to enable financial institutions to make payments in real time. The Basel Committee's consultation is in ...
moreBank recovery and resolution – European Commission issues its legislative proposal
Banking
The European Commission (EC) issued yesterday its proposal for bank recovery and resolution. Under this proposal, the European Commission could require that banks write-down or "bail-in" certain senio ...
moreLiikanen Group – The “High-Level Expert Group” issues its report on the recommendations for reforms in the EU banking sector
Banking
A “High-Level Expert Group” was set up in November 2011 to examine the need for possible reforms of the EU banking sector. The Liikanen Group (LG) formulated five recommendations in its report: (i ...
moreShadow banking – FSB issues consultation on oversight and regulation of shadow banking
Banking
The FSB recently published - for public consultation - an initial integrated set of policy recommendations to strengthen oversight and regulation of shadow banking. More specifically on repos and secu ...
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