Technical Database

Policy submissions and responses

• EACT responds to FTTDownload | 6 Feb 2012
• Improving Access to Non-Bank Debt - ACT responds to BISDownload | 27 Jan 2012
• Solvency II for pensions: ACT responds to EIOPADownload | 2 Jan 2012
• Euro contingency planningPage | 16 Dec 2011
• EACT survey of funding conditionsPage | 9 Dec 2011
• The future of Narrative Reporting - ACT ResponseDownload | 6 Dec 2011
• ACT submits evidence on Financial Transaction Tax to House of Lords CommitteeDownload | 25 Nov 2011
• The Kay Review - ACT ResponseDownload | 25 Nov 2011
• European regulation of credit rating agencies could backfirePage | 16 Nov 2011
• European regulation of credit rating agencies - ACT briefingDownload | 14 Nov 2011
• EACT flags real economy impact of regulationDownload | 7 Nov 2011
• Delay to Mandatory Effective Date of IFRS 9 – ACT submission to the IASBDownload | 26 Oct 2011
• ACT stresses the importance of LIBOR and EURIBOR to companiesPage | 24 Oct 2011
• ACT evidence to HoC Treasury Committee inquiry into Independent Commission on Banking's final reportDownload | 18 Oct 2011
• Controlled Foreign Companies (CFC) reform - ACT ResponseDownload | 27 Sep 2011
• Review of the UK National Payments Plan – ACT’s responseDownload | 20 Jul 2011
• ESMA consultation on amending the Prospectus Directive – ACT responseDownload | 20 Jul 2011
• FRC: Sharman Inquiry on going concern and liquidity riskDownload | 8 Jul 2011
• UK Independent Commission on Banking, Interim Report – ACT commentsDownload | 5 Jul 2011
• Updating the UK National Payment Plan – ACT responsePage | 20 Jun 2011
• HMT consultation on early implementation of amendments to the Prospectus Directive - ACT responseDownload | 13 Jun 2011
• European Commission green paper on the future of VAT - ACT responseDownload | 30 May 2011
• Commission consultation paper on a financial transactions tax - ACT responseDownload | 18 Apr 2011
• IFRS 9 Hedge Accounting Exposure Draft - ACT comments to IASBDownload | 4 Mar 2011
• MiFID review - ACT response to European CommissionDownload | 2 Feb 2011
• Hedge Accounting Exposure DraftPage | 1 Feb 2011
• European Commission consultation on Credit rating Agencies - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jan 2011
• IASB exposure draft on lease accounting - ACT responseDownload | 13 Dec 2010
• Moody’s proposed New Money Market Fund Rating Methodology and Symbols - ACT responseDownload | 16 Nov 2010
• Proposals for a restructuring moratorium by the UK Insolvency Service - ACT responseDownload | 27 Oct 2010
• A new approach to financial regulation: reform of the UK tripartite system - ACT responseDownload | 27 Oct 2010
• IASB exposure draft on pensions accounting – ACT responseDownload | 9 Sep 2010
• Standardisation and exchange trading of OTC derivatives - ACT response to CESR Download | 16 Aug 2010
• ACT supports extension of Market Abuse DirectiveDownload | 23 Jul 2010
• Supply chain finance – report of the supply chain finance working group Download | 20 Jul 2010
• IASB exposure draft on the fair value option – ACT responseDownload | 15 Jul 2010
• Commission consultation on derivatives and market infrastructures of 14 June 2010 - ACT ResponseDownload | 9 Jul 2010
• Global Liquidity Investment Survey *Page | 5 Jul 2010
• Investor proposals for model bond covenantsPage | 21 Jun 2010
• Double Tax Treaty Passport SchemePage | 31 May 2010
• Bank of England re eligibility for discount window - ACT responseDownload | 30 Apr 2010
• Capital Requirements Directive & Basel proposals – ACT responseDownload | 23 Apr 2010
• HM Treasury discussion paper on non-bank lending - ACT responseDownload | 17 Feb 2010
• ACT evidence to House of Lords EU CommitteeDownload | 29 Jan 2010
• Leading European companies unite against proposed derivatives regulationDownload | 6 Jan 2010
• Bank of England consultation on sale of corporate bonds from APF - ACT responseDownload | 16 Dec 2009
• Commission communication on OTC derivatives 20 October 2009 - ACT responseDownload | 27 Oct 2009
• OTC DerivativesPage | 7 Oct 2009
• ED/2009/7 Financial Instruments: Classification and Measurement - ACT response Download | 29 Sep 2009
• Corporate concerns about OTC derivative regulationDownload | 24 Sep 2009
• CEIOPS consultation on long-term liability valuation (CP 40) - ACT response Download | 14 Sep 2009
• FRC’s exposure draft: Going concern and liquidity risk: Guidance for directors of UK companies - ACT responseDownload | 28 Aug 2009
• Possible initiatives to enhance the resilience of OTC derivatives markets - EU ProposalsPage | 30 Jul 2009
• Takeover code disclosures – ACT ResponseDownload | 20 Jul 2009
• Lease accounting– ACT response to IASB discussion paperDownload | 20 Jul 2009
• Reform of OTC derivatives - ACT ResponseDownload | 7 Jul 2009
• Turner review of banking regulation - ACT Response Download | 25 Jun 2009
• BoE working capital facility - ACT ResponseDownload | 23 Jun 2009
• Extension of short selling disclosures - ACT Response to FSADownload | 5 Jun 2009
• FRC review of Combined Code - ACT ResponseDownload | 28 May 2009
• FSA review of short selling - ACT ResponseDownload | 21 May 2009
• Relief from withholding tax on corporate interest - UK treaty clearance process Page | 16 Apr 2009
• ACT evidence to Communities and Local Government Select Committee, January 2009Download | 24 Feb 2009
• Preliminary Views on Amendments to IAS 19 Employee Benefits – ACT ResponseDownload | 22 Oct 2008
• Reducing Complexity in Reporting Financial Instruments - ACT ResponseDownload | 30 Sep 2008
• HM Treasury proposals for a special resolution regime for banks – ACT ResponseDownload | 23 Sep 2008
• Proposals to Reduce use of Credit Ratings in SEC Rules for Money Market Funds - ACT ResponseDownload | 10 Sep 2008
• Consultation by the Commission services on Credit Rating Agencies - EACT ResponseDownload | 2 Sep 2008
• Should S&P Explicitly Recognize Credit Stability as an Important Rating Factor? - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Aug 2008
• Should an Identifier be Added to Standard & Poor's Structured Finance Ratings? - ACT ResponseDownload | 31 Jul 2008
• Consultation on the Draft Commission Impact Assessment Guidelines - ACT ResponseDownload | 25 Jul 2008
• ASB Pension Accounting Proposals - ACT ResponseDownload | 18 Jul 2008 | 1 comments
• Rome I - Should the UK opt in? CP05/08 - ACT ResponseDownload | 25 Jun 2008
• Good Practice when Choosing Assumptions for Defined Benefit Pension Schemes - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 May 2008
• Market Abuse: Review of RINGA - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 May 2008
• A Review of the Structure of the Listing Regime FSA DP08/1 - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Apr 2008
• The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in Structured Finance Markets - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Apr 2008
• The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in Structured Finance - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Mar 2008
• The Role of Credit Rating Agencies in Structured Finance MarketsDownload | 1 Mar 2008
• Pension Protection Fund Consultation on Valuation Assumptions - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Mar 2008
• Implementation of the Payment Services Directive - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Mar 2008
• UK National Payment Plan consultation - ACT responseDownload | 1 Feb 2008
• Good Practice when Choosing Assumptions for Defined Benefit Pension SchemesDownload | 1 Feb 2008
• Pension Protection Fund Consultation on Valuation AssumptionsDownload | 1 Feb 2008
• Disclosure of Contracts for Difference - ACT Response to FSA CP07/20Download | 1 Feb 2008
• Financial Stability and Depositor Protection - Strengthening the Framework - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Feb 2008
• A Review of the Structure of the Listing Regime FSA DP08/1Download | 1 Jan 2008
• IASB Exposure Draft: Exposures Qualifying for Hedge Accounting - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jan 2008
• Implementation of the Payment Services Directive - HMT Consultation PaperDownload | 1 Dec 2007
• Banking Reform – Protecting Depositors: HMT Discussion Paper - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Dec 2007
• Hedge Fund Best Practice and Standards - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Dec 2007
• National Payment Plan Consultation Issued by the Payments CouncilDownload | 1 Nov 2007
• FSA CP07/20 - Disclosure of Contracts for DifferenceDownload | 1 Nov 2007
• Pensions Regulator Publishes Revised Clearance Guidance - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Nov 2007
• Simplification of EU Company Law and Accounting and Audit Regulation - ACT ResponseDownload | 31 Oct 2007
• Consultation Paper on the Future of the PPF Levy - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Oct 2007
• ACT Letter to HMT re UK Insolvency RegimeDownload | 17 Sep 2007
• HMRC Approach to Transfer Pricing for Large Business Consultation Document - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Sep 2007
• Taxation of the Foreign Profits of Companies - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Sep 2007
• Disclosure and Transparency in Private Equity - Walker Group / BVCA Consultation Document - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Sep 2007
• Structured Finance Ratings - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Sep 2007
• Consultation Paper on the Future of the PPF LevyDownload | 1 Aug 2007
• Disclosure and Transparency in Private Equity - Walker Group / BVCA Consultation DocumentDownload | 1 Jul 2007
• HMRC Approach to Transfer Pricing for Large Business Consultation DocumentDownload | 20 Jun 2007
• Treasury Select Committee Inquiry into Private Equity: Covenant-lite LoansDownload | 20 Jun 2007
• Structured Finance Ratings - CESR ConsultationDownload | 1 Jun 2007
• Taxation of the Foreign Profits of Companies - HMT / HMRC Discussion DocumentDownload | 1 Jun 2007
• CESR Mechanism for Determining Accounting Equivalence - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 May 2007
• Choice in the UK Audit Market - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 May 2007
• Fair Value Measurement: An IASB Discussion Paper - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 May 2007
• Treasury Committee Inquiry into Private Equity - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 May 2007
• Davies Review of Issuer Liability - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Apr 2007
• IOSCO Work Program 2007 - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Apr 2007
• Second Interim Report Monitoring the Lamfalussy Process - ACT ResponseDownload | 26 Mar 2007
• Davies Review of Issuer Liability - Discussion PaperDownload | 26 Mar 2007
• Private Equity: A Discussion of Risk and Regulatory Engagement FSA DP06/6 - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Mar 2007
• Proposed Rules for Credit Rating Agencies - ACT Letter to SECDownload | 1 Mar 2007
• Investment Risk and the Risk Based Levy - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Feb 2007
• Rating Preferred Stock and Hybrid Securities - Moody’s ResponseDownload | 1 Feb 2007
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Analysis for Credit Ratings of Non-financial Companies - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jan 2007
• Call for Evidence on the Supervisory Functioning of the Prospectus Directive and Regulation - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jan 2007
• Rating Preferred Stock and Hybrid Securities - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jan 2007
• Proposal for a Directive on the Exercise of Voting Rights by Shareholders - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jan 2007
• Expanding Recovery Rating Coverage And Enhancing Issue Ratings - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Dec 2006
• Call for Evidence on the Supervisory Functioning of the Prospectus Directive and RegulationDownload | 1 Nov 2006
• Proposed Revision to Short-term Rating Scales - Criteria Report / Exposure Draft - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Nov 2006
• Rating Preferred Stock and Hybrid SecuritiesDownload | 1 Nov 2006
• Expanding Recovery Rating Coverage And Enhancing Issue RatingsDownload | 4 Oct 2006
• Treasury Management by Housing Associations - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Oct 2006
• SEPA Scheme Management Governance - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Oct 2006
• Indenture Covenant Research and Assessment Framework - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Oct 2006
• IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Puttable at Fair Value and Obligations Arising on Liquidation - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Oct 2006
• Proposal for a Directive on the Exercise of Voting Rights by Shareholders - DTI ConsultationDownload | 1 Oct 2006
• IAS 23 Borrowing Costs - Exposure Draft of Proposed Amendments - ACT ResponseDownload | 10 Sep 2006
• Draft Payment Services Directive: a Consultation Document - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Sep 2006
• MiFID Implementation: Client Categorisation Requirements - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Sep 2006
• Indenture Covenant Research and Assessment FrameworkDownload | 1 Sep 2006
• Extending the Scope of the Statutory Damages Regime for Disclosures Required under the Transparency DirectiveDownload | 1 Sep 2006
• Application of the IOSCO Code by Credit Rating Agencies - ACT RresponseDownload | 1 Aug 2006
• Implementing MiFID’s Best Execution Requirements - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Aug 2006
• Rating Transitions for Issuers Subject to Event Risk - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Aug 2006
• Application of the IOSCO Code by Credit Rating Agencies - CESR Questionnaire Download | 6 Jul 2006
• Rating Transitions for Issuers Subject to Event RiskDownload | 1 Jul 2006
• FSA Consultation on Implementation of the Transparency Directive - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jun 2006
• IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Puttable at Fair Value and Obligations Arising on LiquidationDownload | 1 Jun 2006
• DTI Accelerated Consultation on Company Law Reform Bill Draft Liability ClausesDownload | 12 May 2006
• Davidson Review: Implementation of EU Legislation - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 May 2006
• Discussion Paper: Measurement Bases for Financial Accounting – Measurement on Initial RecognitionDownload | 1 May 2006
• IAS 23 Borrowing Costs - Exposure Draft of Proposed AmendmentsDownload | 1 May 2006
• DTI Consultation on Mandatory Narrative Business ReportingDownload | 1 Mar 2006
• European Commission Consultation on SEPA IncentivesDownload | 13 Feb 2006
• Auditor's Responsibilities re Directors' Report and OFR - APB ED720 - ACT ResponseDownload | 9 Jan 2006
• FSA Discussion Paper 05/5: Trading Transparency in the Secondary Bond Markets - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Dec 2005
• DTI Invitation for Comments on the Business ReviewDownload | 1 Dec 2005
• Proposed Amendments to IAS 37 Provisions, IAS 19 Employee Benefits - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Oct 2005
• DTC 1 Proposed amendments to IAS 21 The effects of changes in foreign exchange rates Net investment in a Foreign OperationDownload | 1 Oct 2005
• Auditor's Responsibilities re Directors' Report and OFR - APB ED720Download | 1 Oct 2005
• Pension Protection Fund - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Oct 2005
• MiFID Working Document ESC/23/2005 re Eligible Counterparties - ACT ResponseDownload | 15 Sep 2005
• Commission Regulation on the Identity of the Payer Accompanying Transfers of Funds - ACT ResponseDownload | 12 Sep 2005
• Turnbull Guidance on Internal Control - Proposals for Updating the GuidanceDownload | 1 Sep 2005
• FSA Discussion Paper 05/5 - Trading Transparency in the UK Secondary Bond MarketsDownload | 1 Sep 2005
• Green Paper on Financial Services Policy (2005 – 2010) - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Aug 2005
• Commission Regulation on the Identity of the Payer Accompanying Transfers of FundsDownload | 26 Jul 2005
• Fostering an Appropriate Regime for Shareholder Rights - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jul 2005
• The Pension Protection Levy Consultation DocumentDownload | 1 Jul 2005
• IAS 21 issues for discussion at 22 June IASB BoardDownload | 17 Jun 2005
• European Company Law and Corporate Governance - ACT Response to DTIDownload | 1 Jun 2005
• Company Law Reform White Paper - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jun 2005
• Davidson Review: Implementation of EU LegislationDownload | 1 Mar 2005
• European Company Law and Corporate Governance - a DTI Consultation PaperDownload | 1 Mar 2005
• Turnbull Guidance on Internal Control FRC PN98 - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Mar 2005
• Company Law Reform White Paper - DTI ConsultationDownload | 1 Mar 2005
• Exposure Draft of Reporting Standard 1: The Operating and Financial Review - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Feb 2005
• CESR’s Technical Advice to the European Commission on Possible Measures Concerning Credit Ratings Agencies - ACT / AFTE ResponseDownload | 1 Jan 2005
• Myners Study on the Impact of Shareholders' Pre-emption Rights - ACT ResponseDownload | 3 Nov 2004
• Myners Study on the Impact of Shareholders' Pre-emption Rights - Consultation PaperDownload | 1 Nov 2004
• IOSCO Code of Conduct Fundamentals for Credit Rating Agencies - ACT-AFTE-AFP CommentsDownload | 1 Nov 2004
• CESR’s Technical Advice to the European Commission on Credit Rating Agencies - CESR/04-612bDownload | 1 Nov 2004
• Financial Instruments: Disclosures IASB ED 7 - ACT ResponseDownload | 22 Oct 2004
• IASB Exposure Draft: Amendments to IAS 39 Financial Instruments - ACT ResponseDownload | 6 Oct 2004
• FRED 30 3rd Supplement: Further Amendments to the Proposed Standards on Financial Instruments - ACT ResponseDownload | 6 Oct 2004
• IOSCO Code of Conduct Fundamentals for Credit Rating AgenciesDownload | 1 Oct 2004
• Adoption of IAS 39: Letter to EU Commission Supporting Adoption of IAS 39 in FullDownload | 15 Sep 2004
• DTIs Consultation on the ‘Draft Regulations on the Operating and Financial Review’ - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Aug 2004
• CESR Call for Evidence on Credit Rating Agencies - ACT Response (jointly with the AFTE)Download | 1 Aug 2004
• The Fair Value Option: Amendments to IAS 39 Financial Instruments, Recognition and MeasurementDownload | 21 Jul 2004
• Changes to Listing Rule - FSA 04/08 Miscellaneous amendments to the Handbook (No.14) - ACT ResponseDownload | 19 Jul 2004
• Modernisation of Accounting Directives and IAS Infrastructure - ACT ResponseDownload | 2 Jul 2004
• Adoption of IAS 39 - ACT Letter to EU Commissioner BolkesteinDownload | 11 Jun 2004
• Consultation on Board Responsibilities and Improving Financial and Corporate Governance Information - ACT ResponseDownload | 4 Jun 2004
• The ACT Supports IAS 39 on Financial Instruments - Letter to the IASBDownload | 13 Apr 2004
• Director and Auditor Liability - ACT ResponseDownload | 12 Mar 2004
• UK Source Interest and Royalties: IR Document - ACT ResponseDownload | 10 Feb 2004
• Property Derivatives: IR Document - ACT ResponseDownload | 10 Feb 2004
• Improving Market Standards in the Sterling and Euro Fixed Income Credit Markets - ACT ResponseDownload | 15 Dec 2003
• UK Source Interest and Royalties: IR DocumentDownload | 10 Dec 2003
• Property Derivatives: IR DocumentDownload | 10 Dec 2003
• Director and Auditor Liability - DTI Consultative DocumentDownload | 1 Dec 2003
• Exposure Draft of Proposed Amendments to IAS39 Financial InstrumentsDownload | 14 Nov 2003
• IAS39: Financial Instruments, Recognition and Measurement: Exposure draft of Proposed AmendmentsDownload | 1 Nov 2003
• Treasury Shares: a Consultation on the Proposed Changes to the Regulated Activities Order - ACT CommentsDownload | 1 Oct 2003
• EU Transparency Directive - ACT (and others) Position PaperDownload | 1 Oct 2003
• Review of the Listing Regime FSA CP 203Download | 1 Oct 2003
• Improving Market Standards in the Sterling and Euro Fixed Income Credit MarketsDownload | 1 Oct 2003
• Treasury Shares: a Consultation on the Proposed Changes to the Regulated Activities OrderDownload | 1 Sep 2003
• Corporation Tax ReformDownload | 12 Aug 2003
• Proposed Changes to UK Listing Rules for the Introduction of Treasury Shares FSA CP 182 - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Aug 2003
• Rating Agencies and the Use of Credit Ratings under the Federal Securities Laws - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Aug 2003
• Corporation Tax Reform - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Aug 2003
• IAS39: “Internal” Contracts and HedgesDownload | 18 Jul 2003
• Proposed Abstract on Accounting for Treasury Shares UITF IS 59 - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jul 2003
• Unfair Contract Terms - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jul 2003
• Trustee Exemption Clauses CP171 - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Jul 2003
• The Role of (Independent) Non-executive or Supervisory Directors - ACT ResponseDownload | 4 Jun 2003
• FRED31: Share-based Payment - ACT ResponseDownload | 4 Mar 2003
• Trustee Exemption Clauses CP171Download | 2 Dec 2002
• Green Paper on Pensions Reform - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Dec 2002
• Modernising Company Law, a DTI Consultation - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Nov 2002
• Modernising Company Law - Draft Statement of Director's Duties - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Nov 2002
• Review of the Role and Effectiveness of Non-executive Directors - ACT ResponseDownload | 1 Sep 2002
• Unfair Terms in Contracts - The Law Commission CP166 / The Scottish Law Commission DP119Download | 3 Jul 2002