This overview is a guide to the Banking & Finance content within the EU and UK regulatory issues—structured products and securitisations subtopic, with links to appropriate materials. It considers the principal regulations that govern structured products and securitisation in the EU and UK.
A structured product is a hybrid investment product, which may be more or less complex, containing a combination of two or more disparate elements, for example debt securities and derivatives (swaps, futures and options).
For each element of a structured product, consideration should be given to the regulatory requirements which apply generally to stand alone transactions of that type. In addition, there are regulatory requirements which have specific relevance to structured products.
The principal regulations that have specific relevance to structured products and securitisations in the EU and UK are set out below.
For high level guidance on EU and UK regulation of structured products and securitisation, see Practice Note: EU and UK regulation of structured products and securitisation—one minute guide.
In addition:
for all structured products that involve debt securities, see Practice Note: EU and UK regulation...
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