This Practice Note provides an overview of the role and operation of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and the ranking of deposits protected by it in the...
The work and foundations of BIS The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) assists central banks in relation to monetary and financial stability. Its head office is in...
Background to the BRRD This Practice Note summarises the core provisions included in the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive 2014/59/EU (BRRD). The BRRD proposed a...
Rationale for bank ring-fencing transfer schemes (RFTS) Ring-fencing of day-to-day banking services (eg current accounts, savings and payments) and separation of retail...
The Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (FS(BR)A 2013) received Royal Assent on 18 December 2013. . There are eight parts and ten schedules in FS(BR)A 2013....
A package of legislation intended to reduce risks in the EU banking sector, known as the ‘banking package’, was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 7 June...
Rationale for bank ring-fencing transfer schemes (RFTS) Ring-fencing of day-to-day banking services (eg current accounts, savings and payments) and separation of retail...
This Practice Note outlines the key changes to UK banking reform adopted following the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (FS(BR)A 2013) (Banking Reform Act)....
Financial services firms and insolvency provisions in FSMA 2000 The provisions in Part XXIV of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) allow the...
Non-bank credit intermediation and financial stability The shadow banking system is a form of credit intermediation involving entities and activities outside the regular...
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) was established to co-ordinate elements of international work towards the implementation of effective regulatory, supervisory and...
Background to the Volcker Rule and implementation The rules which came about from the so-called Volcker Rule provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
Rationale for bank ring-fencing transfer schemes (RFTS) Ring-fencing of day-to-day banking services (eg current accounts, savings and payments) and separation of retail...
BREXIT: As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...
Background One of the many issues adding to the complexity of the Lehman Brothers failure was the dispute over the beneficial ownership of certain fixed income and equity...
How did the problem arise? Lehman Brothers International Europe (in administration) (LBIE) was (rather unusually) a private unlimited company and was the UK subsidiary of...
The collapse of Lehmans The Lehman group had over 650 legal entities located in over 40 different countries. It was the fourth largest investment bank in the US and its...
Trust property One of the many issues adding to the complexity of the Lehmans failure was the fact that various clients of the Lehman Group deposited either: • assets (eg...
How the issue arose One of the many issues adding to the complexity of the Lehmans failure is dispute over financial support directions (FSDs) and contribution notices...
Introduction The collapse of Lehmans on 15 September 2008 was marked by the following key events: DateEvent 5 to 12 September 2008The share price of the Lehman Group's...
Rationale for bank ring-fencing transfer schemes (RFTS) Ring-fencing of day-to-day banking services (eg current accounts, savings and payments) and separation of retail...
Brexit impact As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...
PRA Enforcement Priorities The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) grants the PRA statutory powers to discipline PRA-authorised firms in the event that...
Rationale for bank ring-fencing transfer schemes (RFTS) Ring-fencing of day-to-day banking services (eg current accounts, savings and payments) and separation of retail...
Rationale for bank ring-fencing transfer schemes (RFTS) Ring-fencing of day-to-day banking services (eg current accounts, savings and payments) and the separation of...
Banking Act 2009 The first outline proposals designed for the recovery and resolution of a failing financial institution were produced in the immediate aftermath of the...