Press releases / Comments

October 11 2023

The European Central Bank (ECB) launched a public consultation in July 2023 on its Guide on effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting.

August 30 2023

The European Commission presented a proposal for a retail investment strategy (RIS) which, among other things, provides for an amendment of the European Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC)...

May 23 2019

The 10-point agenda was discussed today during the 4th round of the Italian-German Dialogue on Financial Services between the Italian Banking Insurance and Finance Federation (FeBAF, to whom 13 financial associations in Italy adhere) and the DK (...

March 13 2019

The Basel Committee’s additional leverage ratio disclosure requirements are designed to reflect its concerns about “window-dressing”. The Basel Committee would like to see averaged values disclosed on the basis of values calculated daily. In the view...

November 7 2018

The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) has commented on the draft ECB guide to internal models – Risk-type-specific chapters issued for public consultation on 7 September 2018.

June 21 2018

The German Banking Industry Committee (DK) commented on the planned amendment of MiFID II ...

June 20 2018

On March 22, 2018, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued the “Revisions to the minimum capital requirements for market risk” for consultation ...

May 28 2018

The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) has commented on the draft ECB guide to internal models – General topics chapter as part of the ECB's public consultation ...

May 25 2018

EFRAG has published a discussion paper where alternative rules for accounting of equity instruments according to IFRS 9 (FV-OCI) are discussed ...

May 14 2018

Comments of the German Banking Industry Committee on the Draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down minimum requirements implementing the provisions of Directive 2007/36/EC of the European Parliament and the Council as regards shareholders...

May 14 2018

On 12 March 2018, the European Commission published two legislative proposals to remove obstacles to the cross-border distribution of investment funds and asked for feedback.

May 4 2018

The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) has commented on the ECB’s Public consultation on the draft ECB Guide to the internal liquidity adequacy assessment processes (ILAAP) ...

March 20 2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) consulted draft technical standards on disclosure requirements and operational standards under the Securitisation Regulation. Please find the comments of the German Banking Industry Committee on...

January 31 2017

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published a consultation paper aimed at revising its guidelines on internal governance dating from 2011. The draft guidelines address, inter alia, the interplay of supervisory and management body, roles and...

November 25 2016

ECB published the Draft AnaCredit Reporting Manual Part II Datasets and Data Attributes.

November 15 2016

In September 2016, the ECB issued draft guidance for consultation on how banks should deal with non-performing loans (NPLs). German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) basically welcomes both the ECB’s plan to harmonise practices concerning the...

October 24 2016

The German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC) took part in the consultation of the European Commission on the review of the EU macro-Prudential policy framework. The consultation took place to gather feedback and evidence on whether the existing EU...

September 27 2016

It is our understanding that the draft guidelines are not intended as implementation in the EU of the first stage of the Basel Pillar 3 Review (BCBS 309). Instead, their purpose is merely to enable EU banks to reconcile existing CRR requirements with...