Events listed in [FI] Finansinspektionen
TRS 2 system closed on Wednesday, 15 March
ID 22100
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), has published a press release in connection with trade reporting to its TRS 2 System, FI’s transaction reporting system to which investment firms and trading venues that „deal“ in securities and / or that undertake management services on behalf of clients must report certain transactions. Specifically, the regulator informs that the system will be closed on Wednesday, ...
We have made some changes to our website
ID 22086
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), has published a press statement to inform of changes to its website which became active on March 1, 2023. Specifically FI has added a new heading entitled Payments which is particularly meant for firms being part of the Swedish payment system, namely „clearing organisations for payments, payment institutions, registered payment service providers, financial institutions, electronic money institutions . ...
Capital requirements of Swedish banks as of Q4 2022
ID 22004
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), has published a press release to inform of the availability of the latest capital requirements of Sweden’s largest banks and credit institutions in supervisory categories 1 and 2 at the end of Q4 2022. The capital requirements are thereby published for Sweden’s three major banks, Handelsbanken, SEB and Swedbank, as well as for Länsförsäkringar, Klarna, Kommuninvest, Svensk ...
ESRB issues a recommendation on vulnerabilities in the commercial real estate sector
ID 21564
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), has issued a press release in relation to a recently published recommendation by the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) pertaining to prevailing risks in the commercial real estate sector in the EU. The recommendation calls for increased risk monitoring by financial institutions and supervisory authorities and for the consideration of „activity-based macroprudential policy“ measures to mitigate ...
Large increase in suspected cases of investment fraud in 2022
ID 21549
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), has published a press release to inform of fraudulent investment activities during 2022 and to outline some common patterns in this context to help investors detect and protect themselves from such activities. Some key statistics and fraud patterns are noted below: 1. FI has issued a total of 3,471 warnings to or for firms and websites that ...
Correction of TRS 2 validation
ID 21527
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), has published a press release in connection with trade reporting to its TRS 2 System. TRS 2 is a transaction reporting system to which investment firms and trading venues that „deal“ in securities and / or that undertake management services on behalf of clients must report certain transactions. Specifically, the regulator requests all firms that have previously ...
New design
ID 21483
The Swedish financial supervisory authority, Finansinspektionen, has published a press statement to announce design changes to its key website and some subordinated sites. While most changes concern the display of top issues, one should be particularly noted by financial market participants. FI has moved its Forms, Authorisation and Reporting links under the new header E-services and forms: *Graphic 1 – Top Section of FI’s ...
Authorisation as an administrator of STIBOR – FI assesses that the application is ...
ID 21344
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI), has published a press statement to announce that the application of the Swedish Financial Benchmark Facility AB (SFBF) to become a benchmark administrator is now complete and will be assessed shortly. Specifically, SFBF had applied to become an administrator of STIBOR, the Stockholm Interbank Offered Rate, under the European Union Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) on December 27, 2021, ...