Publication of near-final Basel 3.1 rules
Statement from the Bank of England
Statement from the Bank of England
From 1 September, to be eligible as Level B collateral in the Bank’s Sterling Monetary Framework, the minimum original issue size of a UK, French or German Regulated Covered Bond will be lowered to £500 million or €500 million, from £1 billion or €1 billion.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has today confirmed that Professor Alan Taylor will join the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on 2 September for a 3-year term, replacing current external member Professor Jonathan Haskel who has been on the MPC since September 2018.