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Risk and Regulation Monthly – April 2014
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Background
The Risk and Regulation Monthly provides a summary of the key
International, European and UK regulatory developments and
pertinent regulatory activity affecting the Financial Services
industry.
Ahead of the elections, April saw the approval of a
major package of legislation in the European Parliament,
including the bank recovery and resolution Directive (RRD) and the
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II and accompanying
Regulation (MiFID II/MiFIR). EU and UK authorities also released
details of the forthcoming bank stress tests,
while the Single Supervisory Mechanism continued
to develop, with the European Central Bank (ECB) finalising its
Framework Regulation and providing further details of its
Comprehensive Assessment.
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