Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin – 27 April 2023

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General

• Work of the FCA - Treasury Committee publishes letter and response
• Occasional Consultation Paper CP8/23 - published by PRA
• Regulation of digital assets - FCA publishes speech
• Fintech - FCA publishes speech
• Complaints data - FCA publishes data for H2 2022
• Mental health and money - Money & Pensions Service publishes guidance
• Skills for the future of financial services - FSSC publishes report

Banking and Finance

• CRR - EBA publishes final report on draft RTS specifying the determination by originator institutions of the exposure value of SES in securitisations
• CRD IV and IFD - EBA publishes Consultation Paper on benchmarking diversity practices
• Climate-related and environmental disclosures - ECB publishes report on 2022 supervisory assessment
• Fostering a well-functioning credit market - FCA publishes speech

Securities and Markets

• Financial stability aspects of commodities markets - FSB publishes report
• Securitisation Regulation - EBA publishes Consultation Paper on the STS criteria for on-balance-sheet securitisation
• CFD providers and market abuse - FCA publishes Market Watch No. 73
• UK EMIR - FCA publishes final validation and XML Schemas

Asset Management

• Asset Management Taskforce - HM Treasury publishes statement on re-establishing taskforce and launch of technology working group
• Reserved Investor Fund (Contractual Scheme) - HM Treasury and HMRC publish Consultation Paper
• Liability-driven investment - FCA publishes multi-firm review on guidance for asset managers

Insurance

• Cyber risks - IAIS publishes global insurance market report
• Climate insurance protection gap - ECB and EIOPA publish joint Discussion Paper
• Multi-occupancy building insurance - FCA publishes Consultation Paper (CP23/8**) and multi-firm review
• Buildings insurance in multi-occupancy residential buildings - UK Government and FCA publish correspondence
• British Steel Pension Scheme consumer redress - FCA updates webpage on tools for firms
• Bulk annuities - PRA publishes speech

Financial Crime

• MiCA and WTR - European Parliament adopts texts
• Cash-based money laundering - FCA publishes new webpage