The European Commission is preparing legislation to temporarily offset increases in bank capital requirements from the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), aiming to prevent EU lenders from falling behind competitors in the US...
Read MoreOn December 2, The Bank of England announced that it will be lowering capital requirements for U.K. banks from 14% to 13%, in an effort to boost lending. This is the first time since the...
Read MoreDavid Dwyer, SFA’s General Counsel, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, hosted Taggert Davis, Vice President, Government Affairs, EMEA at PGIM, and Edwin Wilches, Managing Director, Co-Head of Securitized Products at PGIM, to discuss the state of...
Read MoreEurope is once again turning to securitization as a tool for growth. With new reforms underway, the European Commission plans to streamline disclosure rules, lower capital requirements, and re-engage investors. After meetings in Brussels, SFA...
Read MoreSFA CEO Michael Bright interviewed Andrew Bryan, Knowledge Director at Clifford Chance, to discuss the state of European securitization reform. Listen below. https://youtu.be/UckyLgysO9Y
Read MoreWASHINGTON, September 15, 2025 – The Structured Finance Association (SFA), a leading trade association representing the structured finance and securitization industry, today released a policy position paper on the European Commission’s proposed amendments to the European...
Read MoreA report published following the August 29th Meeting of the Franco-German Council of Ministers highlighted “promoting securitisation” as one of the key initiatives among a series of policy imperatives from a broad spectrum of fields to...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 17, 2025 – The Structured Finance Association (SFA), a leading trade association representing the structured finance and securitization industry, welcomes the European Commission’s proposed reform of EU securitization rules. An appropriately regulated securitization market...
Read MoreAccording to Bloomberg, the European Union (EU) financial authorities are looking at rule changes to improve the oversight of its €.1.2 trillion ABS market. The rule changes on loan securitization could open an additional €.1 trillion in...
Read MoreAccording to Bloomberg, the European Central Bank (ECB) is looking to accelerate the approval process for synthetic risk transfer (SRT) transactions. The update would allow banks to submit information about a SRT transaction up to two...
Read MoreA consortium of leading trade associations (the “Trade Associations”) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the consultation of the European Commission (“EC”) on the functioning of the EU Securitisation Framework (the “Framework”). The Trade Associations...
Read MoreAccording to the Financial Times, the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) may seek to expand the agency’s regulatory authority under the newly appointed European Commission. While Chair Ross stated that changes will likely...
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