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The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched today a consultation on Guidelines on the Assessment of the Suitability of the Members of Management Body and Key Function Holders (the Guidelines). The draft Guidelines aim at further improving and harmonising suitability assessments within the EU financial sectors and so ensure sound governance arrangements in financial institutions.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on its revised Guidelines on internal governance. These draft Guidelines aim at further harmonising institutions’ internal governance arrangements, processes and mechanisms across the EU, in line with the new requirements in this area introduced in the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) and also taking into account the proportionality principle. The consultation runs until 28 January 2017.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a benchmarking analysis of diversity practices at EU level showing that only a limited number of institutions have already adopted a diversity policy. In particular, the report highlights that the actual level of diversity in the composition of the management body in institutions differs significantly between Member States, namely regarding the gender diversity. The Authority calls on institutions and Member States to consider additional measures for promoting a more balanced representation of both genders. The report is based on data from 873 institutions from 29 EU and EEA Member States, and covers credit institutions of different sizes as well as investment firms.

The European banking Authority (EBA) published today revised Guidelines on (i) the data collection exercise regarding high earners and (ii) on the remuneration benchmarking exercise. The update ensures that the data collection is in line with the amended provisions laid down in the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), which provides for higher quality of the collected data and will increase transparency of remuneration paid to high earners. The updated Guidelines repeal those published on 27 July 2012.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today consultations on its revised Guidelines on the data collection exercise for high earners and on its Guidelines on the remuneration benchmarking exercise. The updates to these two Guidelines, which had originally been published on 27 July 2012, follow on from changes in reporting requirements as laid down in the Capital Requirements Directive and Regulation (CRDIV and CRR). Both public consultations will run until 07/05/2014.

The EBA published today two sets of Guidelines on the data collection exercise regarding high earners and on the remuneration benchmarking exercise. The objective of these Guidelines is to streamline the data collection and increase the consistency and comparability of the information collected by national competent authorities.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) is publishing today the final set of guidelines on outsourcing of credit institutions' business activities. The aim of the CEBS guidelines is to promote an approriate level of convergence in supervisory approaches to outsourcing. The proposed guidelines are based on current supervisory and market practices and also take into account international and European developments in the field outsourcing.

The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today its draft consultation paper on the Guidebook on Internal Governance (CP 44) aiming at enhancing and consolidating supervisory expectations in order to improve the sound implementation of internal governance arrangements. The consultation is open to all interested parties, including supervised institutions and other market participants.

CEBS has today published its Guidelines on Remuneration Policies and Practices (CP42)