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BREXIT- Hand-over your contingency plans…

Read time: 1 minute 20 seconds Earlier this month the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (the ‘PRA’) wrote to all UK companies undertaking cross-border activities between the UK and the EU under passporting arrangements, requesting a summary of their Brexit contingency plans. The letter continues the regulator’s focus on ensuring firms have robust measures … Continue Reading

CHAPS and CREST settlement days to be extended in summer 2016

I bring good news from the Bank of England. Whether you have been up all night trying to close a £1 billion securities transaction for your client, or you are buying a house and there’s a last minute snag, the deadline for settling securities transactions and making high-value cash transfers is due to be extended … Continue Reading

Loan-level data – implications

European Central Bank and Bank of England liquidity schemes require that loan-level data be disclosed on a regular basis (no less than quarterly) with respect to asset-backed securities which are to be used as collateral.  On 27 November the ECB announced that it would postpone the introduction of mandatory loan-level data reporting requirements to 3 … Continue Reading
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