PRA

  • UK FINREP Reporting: PRA Rules, Templates and Filing Deadlines

    UK FINREP is supervisory financial reporting governed by the Reporting (CRR) Part of the PRA Rulebook. That Part applies to CRR firms and CRR consolidation entities; Article 430(3) sets financial-information requirements for firms within that provision, while Chapters 5A-5F set additional requirements for reduced FINREP firms. For FINREP data items required under Article 430(3) together…

  • COR015 High Earners Report: The PRA’s Annual Remuneration Return

    Firms in scope of Chapter 18 of the PRA Rulebook must submit the Remuneration High Earners Report annually. The report is due to the PRA within four months of the firm’s accounting reference date and, under Rules 18.4 and 18.5, covers high earners who mainly undertook their professional activities within the UK; Rule 18.6 reports…

  • PRA LIAC02/26: Lloyd’s IMO Reporting and Liquidity Rule Changes

    The Prudential Regulation Authority published consultation LIAC02/26 on 29 July 2026, opening two separate workstreams under its low impact amendments process. One removes Lloyd’s syndicates from internal model output (IMO) reporting; the other reworks the liquidity Parts of the PRA Rulebook to fit incoming UK rule changes. Both close for comment on 11 September 2026,…

  • PS18/26 Solvency UK Reporting: The 31 December 2026 Changes

    On 29 July 2026 the Prudential Regulation Authority published PS18/26, the policy statement that finalises the Solvency UK reporting and disclosure changes firms will apply for reporting reference dates on or after 31 December 2026. It sets out the PRA’s response to CP22/25 on post-implementation reporting and disclosure amendments and to Proposal 1 of CP4/26…

  • PRA LIAF02/26: The Low-Impact Corrections That Bite on 1 January 2027

    On 29 July 2026 the Prudential Regulation Authority published PRA LIAF02/26, finalising its April 2026 Low Impact Amendments Consultation (LIAC01/26) plus minor corrections made without further consultation. The “low impact” label is supervisory housekeeping and easy to leave unread. The trap is that several of these corrections touch the exact PRA Rulebook Parts that UK…

  • PRA CRR Definitions Restatement: The 1 January 2027 Rulebook Switch

    From 1 January 2027, Articles 4, 4A, 4B and 5 of the UK Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) are revoked. HM Treasury has restated selected definitions in domestic legislation, while the PRA’s CRR definitions restatement, finalised in Policy Statement PS14/26 on 27 May 2026, places other PRA-facing definitions in the PRA Rulebook Glossary or cross-refers from…

  • PRA Dear CEO Letter: Separate, Insolvency-Remote Stablecoin Issuance

    On 18 May 2026 the Prudential Regulation Authority sent a Dear CEO letter to the chief executives of UK banks and designated investment firms, reaffirming where the line sits between a deposit and everything that only looks like one. The PRA Dear CEO letter on innovations in the use of deposits, e-money and stablecoins, signed…

  • PRA Pillar 2A Review Phase 1: The 1 January 2027 Reset

    On 28 May 2026 the Prudential Regulation Authority closed the first phase of its PRA Pillar 2A review with policy statement PS15/26. The changes it confirms come into force on Friday 1 January 2027, the same day the PRA switches on the Basel 3.1 standards, and they land in the part of the capital stack…

  • PRA Cryptoasset Exposures: The 100% Capital Expectation for UK Banks

    On 18 May 2026, the Prudential Regulation Authority published a Dear CEO letter addressed to the chief executives of all banks and designated investment firms, signed by David Bailey, Charlotte Gerken and Rebecca Jackson. The PRA continues to expect a 100 per cent own-funds requirement under the market-risk framework for unbacked cryptoassets. Separately, where a…

  • STAR-FS and DORA TLPT: Threat-Led Testing for Firms in Both Regimes

    A UK banking group with an EU financial entity identified by its competent authority for DORA threat-led penetration testing may be subject to STAR-FS in the UK and DORA TLPT in the EU at the same time. The Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority maintain STAR-FS, the Simulated Targeted…