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Financial Services Advisory EBA Release 2023 Stress Test 02 Feb 2023

2023 adverse scenario is the most severely used in the EU wide stress up to now. The adverse scenario assumes a hypothetical worsening of geopolitical tensions

Financial Services Advisory PSD 3 Review and Consultation 22 Nov 2022

In May 2022 the European Commission issued a public consultation to gather evidence for its review of the second EU Payment Services Directive (2015/2366), and

Financial Services Advisory Final guidelines on common procedures and methodologies for the SREP for investment firms 09 Nov 2022

Final guidelines on common procedures and methodologies for the supervisory review and evaluation process for investment firms, along with final draft

Financial Services Advisory Countercyclical Capital Buffer Rate Announcement 08 Nov 2022

The Central Bank of Ireland has announced that the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) rate on Irish exposures is to be maintained at 0.5 per cent.

Financial Services Advisory Scope Emissions Prediction Model Linear Models vs Machine Learning Approach 01 Nov 2022

How Grant Thornton can help you to estimate scope emissions for companies that do not report these metrics and incorporate these into banks’ Climate & Risk

Financial Services Advisory Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2022 27 Oct 2022

The introduction of the Consumer Protection Act highlights the Central Bank’s continued focus on consumer protection, with the specific purpose of closing the

Financial Services Fitness and Probity Interviews 30 Aug 2022

Under the fitness and probity (‘F&P’) regime the Central Bank of Ireland (the ‘Central Bank’) assesses the suitability (the fitness and probity) of individuals

Financial Services Advisory The integration of sustainability factors into the product governance obligations for Investment Firms 09 Aug 2022

In March 2018, the European Commission published its Action Plan ‘Financing Sustainable Growth’, setting up an ambitious and comprehensive strategy on

Financial Services Advisory Operational Resilience Maturity Assessment 14 Jul 2022

The Central Bank published the Cross Industry Guidance on Operational Resilience in December 2021 expecting firms to be in a position to evidence compliance

Financial Services Advisory Recovery Planning 12 Jul 2022

This is the first article from Grant Thornton in our series on the Central Bank of Ireland (Central Bank)’s recovery plan Requirements. This introductory

Financial Services Advisory Machine learning in IRB 28 Jun 2022

How Grant Thornton can help you understand the challenges surrounding the implementation and validation of machine learning techniques in IRB models.

Financial Services Advisory Sustainability risk-related legislative updates impacting MiFID Investment Firms 30 May 2022

Effective from 2nd August 2022, Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1253 requires all MiFID regulated Investment firms to integrate sustainability

Financial Services Advisory The Revised Guidelines on Common Procedures and Methodologies for SREP and Supervisory Stress Testing EBA/GL/2022/03 14 Apr 2022

On the 18 March 2022 the European Banking Authority (‘EBA’) published the final report on the Guidelines on common procedures and methodologies for the

FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY Sustainability risk-related legislative update impacting Alternative Investment Fund Managers 07 Apr 2022

There has been a major emphasis on empowering European Supervisory Authorities and the regulators in line with the European Commission’s action plan of

Financial Services Advisory Sustainability risk-related legislative updates impacting UCITS Management Companies 30 Mar 2022

Effective from 1st August 2022, Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1270 (“new regulation”) requires all UCITS Management Companies (“UCITS Mancos”) to

Financial Services Advisory Prudential Consolidation and consolidated K-Factors: What to Expect under the IFR & IFD? 20 Jan 2022

European regulatory authorities have introduced new legislation, referred to as the Investment Firms Regulation EU 2019/2033 (‘IFR’) and Investment Firms

Financial Services Advisory Climate risk quantification 19 Jan 2022

The global economic crisis that resulted as a consequence of the pandemic has stressed the relevance of prioritising sustainability pillars within financial

Banking EBA Consultation Paper on Draft ITS Pillar 3 Disclosures on ESG Risks 19 Jan 2022

The European Banking Authority (EBA) is implementing a new policy strategy regarding institutions’ Pillar 3 disclosures. The new Pillar 3 disclosures aims to

Sustainability ECB issues report on the state of climate and environmental risk management in the banking sector 15 Dec 2021

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its report on the state of climate-related and environmental (C&E) risk management within the European banking

Banking EBA consults on Technical Standards on Crowdfunding Service Providers 23 Nov 2021

The European Commission defines crowdfunding as ‘a way of raising money to finance projects and businesses, enabling fundraisers to collect money from a large

Prudential Risk Supervisory Expectations of Regulated Firms Regarding Climate and Other ESG Issues 19 Nov 2021

On the back of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) issued a letter on 3 November 2021 to all

Financial Services Advisory Guidelines on certain aspects of the MiFID II compliance function requirements 28 Jul 2021

On June 5th, the European Securities and Markets Authority (‘ESMA’) published final guidelines on the MiFID II compliance function. The revised Guidelines

Financial Services Advisory Publication of FSPO Tracker decisions 28 Feb 2020

Yesterday saw the FSPO publish the first digest of tracker-related decisions. This commentary highlights some of the key figures from the report.

Financial Services Advisory Insights into the 2020 EU-wide Stress Test 18 Nov 2019

Read our latest article on Insights into the 2020 EU-wide Stress Test

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