EBA suggests new model for prudential regulation of investment firms

Capital model should be based on firms’ risks to markets and to customers, EBA says

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The European Banking Authority's London headquarters

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has suggested some investment firms in Europe need a new prudential regime.

Regulators should distinguish between two categories of investment firms, the EBA said. One class should be subject to the same prudential requirements as credit institutions, while there were others for which those regulations were "not appropriate". This division should follow the same general principles as the EBA's report on investment firms.

Firms that were not "systemic" and

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