Archives for 2023

Regulatory Update

13. December 2023

SFDR and Securitisations – Long Time No See

On 4 December, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published their final report on the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) of the Delegated Regulation supplementing the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The final report is a revision of the draft RTS from April 2023 (see TSI kompakt of 17 April 2023). In it, the ESAs propose adding

Regulatory Update

12. December 2023

Is the Securitisation Regulation functioning? Joint Committee asks for feedback by the end of January 2024

At the beginning of 2024, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) will once again examine the functionality of the Securitisation Regulation. The ESA reports are important guides: The first report on the EU Securitisation Regulation in accordance with Article 44 was published in May 2021 (see TSI kompakt). The European Commission’s report on

Market Update

5. October 2023

European Green Bond Standard: Positive Vote of the European Parliament

On 5 October, the European Parliament adopted the “European Green Bond” regulation in first reading. The decision is essentially made against the background of the informal agreement of the EU legislators in the trilogue procedure on the European Green Bond Standard (EuGBS) as a voluntary standard for the issuance of bonds. With regard to the

Comments and statements

22. September 2023

Comments on FSB consultation: Evaluation on Effects of G20 Reforms on Securitisation

The feedback period on the G20 Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) consultation on the impact of financial market regulation since 2008 on securitisations (see TSI kompakt of 30 August 2023) ended on 22 September. TSI submitted a statement together with Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft (DK). The statement addressed the following points in particular: Recalibration of capital requirements Effects of

Regulatory Update

21. September 2023

ESMA publishes analysis of the European securitisation market – caution with interpretations of data

ESMA has analysed the European securitisation market. The analysis focuses mainly on Public ABS issued since the introduction of the Securitisation Regulation in 2019; “UK securitisations” are not taken into account. ESMA is well-aware that a generalisation of results of their analysis is rather limited due to this technically detailed consideration of a specific segment