The Financial Services Authority (FSA) published its enhanced liquidity regime in October 2009. This introduced both tougher qualitative and quantitative standards for firms.
At that stage the FSA said that it would not tighten quantitative standards before economic recovery is assured given that all firms were experiencing a market-wide stress. The FSA committed to giving a further update in the first quarter of 2010.
Meanwhile, the FSA is continuing to work with firms that are most affected by the new regime focusing on the steps they are taking to mitigate liquidity risk and on the additional impact of our progressively tightening quantitative requirements.
The FSA is also actively contributing to the international debate on liquidity.
