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Wednesday, 18 December 2013

PRA on "good" and "bad" documentation for IMAP - restart or refresh?

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As an welcome aside from the PRA's activity day on the 12th, they also delivered on a promise to provide examples of what constitutes ...
Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Governance flaws in UK financial institutions - complacency or one-offs?

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Some very interesting bits released over the weekend which should prick the ears of the UK's banking and insurance entities like a corpo...
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Friday, 13 December 2013

PRA briefing on Solvency II, IMAP and application of EIOPA's preparatory guidance

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Santa's 'Omnibus 3' joke was not so well received...  Santa obviously couldn't wait to put a smile on the faces of t...
Tuesday, 10 December 2013

ICAEW on "overarching principles of corporate governance" - how much is too much?

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I hadn't got around to this thought-leadership document from the ICAEW on corporate governance, despite their kind tweet asking for my ...
Thursday, 28 November 2013

Accenture Insurance Sector research - Global Risk Management survey

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Flood Risk? A nice generic risk management benchmarking piece from the guys and girls at Accenture came out this week, and after I spen...

Omnibus II text released - first casualties emerging?

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It was left to COREPER to announce that the Council and Parliament have agreed on the compromise text for Omnibus II, leaving the formality...
Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Financial Stability Board - Principles for an Effective Risk Appetite

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Christmas has come early everyone - the Financial Stability Board have released their Principles for an Effective Risk Appetite Framework t...

Fit and Proper Persons in financial services - judge not, lest ye be judged

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A quick note on the high-profile leadership-related crises which have reared their heads over the last couple of weeks, and whether the risk...
Thursday, 14 November 2013

Omnibus II a done deal - Greens left feeling, errr, green?

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So, having become bored with collapsing into their own tedium like a room-temperature flan, the Omnibus II negotiations reached an inevitabl...
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Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Standard and Poors on European ERM - momentum lost after Solvency II delays?

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S&P released these pearls of wisdom regarding ERM within European insurers, specifically whether the additional breathing space offered...
Tuesday, 22 October 2013

The PRA Consultation on EIOPA's Preparatory Guidance - priorities for 2014 and 2015

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After 10 years, it's finally getting interesting - the PRA today have dropped out a consultation paper on applying EIOPA's preparato...
Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Governance Matters correspondence with the European Commission - Klaus but no cigar?

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I mentioned that back in June that, as part of the EU-wide informal Solvency II shutdown, that I had fired off a couple of notes to various...

Workplace stress, and the need for inverted commas

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A quick one on the news today that Hector Sants, ex-Chief Executive of the PRA, has been signed off with exhaustion and stress 8 months aft...
Tuesday, 8 October 2013

PRA and Early Warning Indicators - Knowing me, knowing EWI...

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Couple of interesting bits have popped up in the last week on the PRA's Early Warning Indicator (EWI) initiative, which I had touched on...
Friday, 4 October 2013

Solvency II, 2016 and "Quick Fix 2" - Let the music play...

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So despite my best baiting at the start of the summer , it has taken until this week for the big news regarding Solvency II to emerge, namel...
Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Reporting/Submission of information to NCAs - EIOPA's FINAL preparatory guidance for national supervisors

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And last, but not least, EIOPA have produced their final preparatory guidance to NCAs regarding the submission of information by firms to th...

Pre-application for Internal Models - EIOPA's FINAL preparatory guidance for national supervisors

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So the March consultation document for internal model pre-application brought a few eye-openers for those countries partaking in a less one...
Monday, 30 September 2013

EIOPA's FINAL preparatory guidance for national supervisors - it's on at last!

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Sporting less change than a busker's flatcap, EIOPA have published their final version of the preparatory guidance for the EU's Na...

ORSA/Forward Looking Assessment of Risk - EIOPA's FINAL preparatory guidance for national supervisors

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EIOPA reuse the preamble from the System of Governance guidance in their ORSA/FLAOR guidance , save for confirming that an assessment of ove...
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