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A focused course, tailored for you

EU Banking Regulatory Affairs: Horizon Mapping and Supervisory Briefings

Build the methodology that keeps your regulatory position defensible through every new EBA guideline, ECB supervisory review, and CRR III implementation deadline.

Every week brings a new EBA guideline, an ECB supervisory letter, or a phased-in CRR III requirement that needs translating into internal policy, a position paper, and a briefing the supervisor can actually interrogate. The Regulatory Affairs function at a large EU bank is the one desk where all of those threads converge. When the methodology for managing them is ad hoc, a single supervisory enquiry can expose gaps across three regulatory streams at once.

$199 one-time

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Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.

Why this course

The pressure in EU bank Regulatory Affairs is not that the rules are unclear. It is that the rules arrive faster than the internal translation process can absorb them. A new EBA Q&A drops, it changes how own-funds must be documented, and the policy memo that was adequate last quarter is now two versions behind. DORA ICT risk register requirements phase in while SFDR PAI disclosure deadlines are already on the calendar. CRD VI transposition timelines differ by member state, which matters when the bank operates across multiple jurisdictions. The Regulatory Affairs team is expected to hold a defensible position across all of it, at all times, and to produce briefings that survive follow-up questions from the ECB or ACPR. Without a structured methodology, the team runs on individual expertise and institutional memory, which works until a key person is unavailable or a supervisory visit arrives with 48 hours notice.

What you walk away with

Build a regulatory horizon map that covers EBA, ECB, ESMA, and national competent authority output on a rolling 18-month calendar, flagged by impact to your bank's specific business lines.
Produce a position paper methodology that generates a defensible internal stance on a new requirement within five working days of publication, with a clear audit trail from the regulatory text to the internal decision.
Develop a supervisory briefing template that structures responses to ECB and ACPR enquiries so that follow-up questions can be answered from the same document.
Map the interlocking requirements of CRR III, DORA, SFDR, and the EU AML package against your bank's reporting and governance calendar to identify the quarters where workload peaks collide.
Build a regulatory change management process that routes each new guideline to the right internal policy owner within 24 hours of publication, with a tracked resolution path.
Create a gap identification methodology that surfaces where the bank's current policy documentation does not yet reflect the most recent regulatory position, before a supervisor identifies it first.

The 12 modules

Module 1. The EU Banking Regulatory Landscape: Reading the Architecture

EU banking regulation operates through Level 1 legislation, Level 2 technical standards, Level 3 guidelines and Q&As, and supervisory expectations communicated through inspection findings. This module maps the architecture so you know which output type requires a policy update, which requires a position paper, and which requires only a monitoring flag. It covers the EBA single rulebook, ECB supervisory manuals, ACPR national transpositions, and how ESMA output intersects with the prudential stream.

Module 2. Building the Regulatory Horizon Map

A regulatory horizon map is a structured inventory of upcoming requirements mapped against your bank's governance calendar, with each item tagged by stream, publication date, implementation lead time, and internal policy owner. This module covers the construction of a horizon map calibrated for a large EU bank, including how to source the forward work programmes of EBA, ECB, ESMA, and the European Commission, and how to maintain it weekly without it becoming a full-time task.

Module 3. CRR III Phase-In Schedule: Building the Internal Position

CRR III introduces phased-in changes to own-funds, output floors, FRTB, and credit valuation adjustment. The Regulatory Affairs task is producing a defensible internal position on how each phase-in is implemented, documented in a memo that survives auditor or supervisor review. This module covers the position paper methodology for CRR III requirements, including how to handle optionality cases where the bank must document the basis for its implementation choice.

Module 4. DORA ICT Risk Register: The Regulatory Affairs Contribution

DORA is primarily an operational resilience requirement, but the Regulatory Affairs function has a specific role: ensuring that the ICT risk register, the register of information and communication technology third-party providers, and the incident reporting framework reflect the regulatory text accurately and can be defended in a supervisory review. This module covers the artefacts the Regulatory Affairs team is responsible for owning versus the artefacts owned by IT and operations, and the review cadence that keeps those artefacts current.

Module 5. SFDR and CSRD: Managing Sustainability Disclosure Obligations

For a bank with asset management and corporate lending activities, SFDR PAI statements and CSRD scope assessments sit on the Regulatory Affairs calendar alongside prudential requirements. This module covers the methodology for tracking SFDR Level 2 RTS updates, maintaining PAI indicator documentation, and producing the sustainability disclosure review memo that demonstrates the bank's approach is defensible against the current technical standards rather than a previous version.

Module 6. The EU AML Package: Translating the Regulation into Internal Policy

The EU AML package, including the AMLA regulation and the sixth anti-money laundering directive, introduces changes to customer due diligence requirements, beneficial ownership registers, and the supervisory architecture. This module covers the methodology for translating the AML package into internal policy updates, identifying where existing policies conflict with new requirements, and producing the regulatory gap analysis that precedes a policy revision cycle.

Module 7. Supervisory Briefing Methodology: Structuring the ECB and ACPR Response

A supervisory briefing answers a question the supervisor has asked or is about to ask, structured so the supervisor can assess the bank's position without requesting follow-up material. This module covers the ECB and ACPR briefing template: regulatory reference, current position, implementation timeline if the requirement is not yet met, and internal owner. It also covers the review process that catches inconsistencies before they generate a follow-up request.

Module 8. Regulatory Change Management: Routing New Requirements to the Right Owner

The Regulatory Affairs function receives a high volume of output from regulators, industry bodies, and supervisory authorities. Not all of it requires action. Some requires monitoring. Some requires a policy update. Some requires a supervisory response. This module covers the triage methodology that routes each new publication to the right internal destination within 24 hours of receipt, including the tracking mechanism that ensures items do not sit in the Regulatory Affairs queue past their internal response deadline.

Module 9. Gap Analysis: Finding What Your Documentation Does Not Yet Reflect

A regulatory gap analysis is the systematic comparison of the bank's current internal policy documentation against the most recent version of the applicable regulation or supervisory expectation. This module covers the methodology for running a gap analysis across a regulatory stream, documenting the gaps in a format the supervisor can review, and prioritising remediation by materiality and deadline. It includes worked examples from CRR III own-funds documentation and DORA ICT third-party register requirements.

Module 10. Multi-Jurisdiction Transposition: Managing CRD VI and National Variations

A universal bank operating across multiple EU member states needs to track not just the EU-level regulation but the national transposition of directives that allow member state optionality. CRD VI transposition timelines and optionality choices differ across France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and other key jurisdictions. This module covers the methodology for maintaining a multi-jurisdiction transposition tracker, flagging where national rules diverge from the EU baseline in ways that affect the bank's internal policy documentation.

Module 11. Supervisory Inspection Readiness: The Regulatory Affairs Role

When a supervisory inspection is announced, the Regulatory Affairs function is typically responsible for preparing the regulatory position file that the inspection team will review. This module covers the inspection readiness methodology: the pre-inspection document review that identifies gaps before the supervisor does, the briefing pack structure that allows an inspector to navigate the bank's regulatory position without a verbal walkthrough, and the post-inspection follow-up process that tracks commitments made during the inspection.

Module 12. Building a Sustainable Regulatory Affairs Operating Model

The Regulatory Affairs function at a large bank cannot operate on individual expertise and institutional memory indefinitely. This module covers the operating model design for a Regulatory Affairs team that handles high volume without accumulating undocumented backlogs: the knowledge management approach that keeps regulatory positions current and documented, the engagement model with legal, compliance, and risk functions, and the metrics that allow the head of Regulatory Affairs to report to the Board on the function's coverage and effectiveness.

How this addresses your situation

Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.

A new EBA guideline drops on Thursday. Modules 2, 3, and 8 give you the process for triaging it, assigning it internally, and producing the position paper before the supervisor asks for it.

The ECB sends a supervisory enquiry on DORA implementation. Modules 4 and 7 give you the artefacts to assemble and the briefing structure that answers the question without generating a follow-up.

CSRD scope assessment is due next quarter. Module 5 gives you the SFDR and CSRD documentation review methodology that confirms your PAI statements reflect the current technical standards.

Supervisory inspection is announced with 72 hours notice. Module 11 gives you the inspection readiness file structure and the pre-inspection gap review process.

What you get with this course

12 written modules covering the full EU bank Regulatory Affairs methodology, from horizon mapping to supervisory inspection readiness.
Downloadable templates for the regulatory horizon map, position paper, supervisory briefing, gap analysis, and multi-jurisdiction transposition tracker.
Worked examples calibrated to the prudential, operational resilience, and sustainability regulatory streams relevant to a large EU universal bank.
The hand-built implementation playbook, delivered alongside course access, which maps the methodology to the specific regulatory obligations currently active for a bank at the scale and complexity of a large EU universal bank.

What you will have in hand by Day 1, Week 1, Month 1

Course access and the hand-built implementation playbook are both delivered within 24 hours of purchase.

Before and after

Before

Regulatory Affairs is managing a high volume of EBA, ECB, and national competent authority output without a documented methodology for translating each new requirement into an internal position. Supervisory briefings are rebuilt from scratch each time. Gap analyses happen reactively, after a supervisory question surfaces a problem. The team runs on individual expertise and there is no structured horizon map that shows what is coming in the next 18 months.

After

The Regulatory Affairs function has a documented horizon map updated weekly, a position paper methodology that produces a defensible internal stance within five working days of a new publication, and a supervisory briefing template that structures responses so follow-up questions can be answered from the same document. Gap analyses run on a scheduled cadence. The team can demonstrate to a supervisor that its regulatory coverage is systematic, not reactive.

What happens if you do not address this

The EU regulatory environment for banks is not slowing down. CRR III phase-ins, DORA implementation, SFDR and CSRD obligations, and the AML package are all adding to the Regulatory Affairs workload simultaneously. A Regulatory Affairs function that continues to manage this volume without a structured methodology accumulates undocumented gaps. When a supervisory inspection surfaces a gap, the conversation shifts from the bank's regulatory position to the adequacy of the Regulatory Affairs function itself. That is a different, harder conversation.

Who it is for

The Regulatory Affairs professional at a large EU universal bank or major European banking group, three to fifteen years into the function, responsible for translating prudential, conduct, and sustainability regulation into internal positions, policy updates, and supervisory communications. Likely covering at least two regulatory streams (prudential and either conduct or ESG). Comfortable with the regulations themselves. Looking for a more durable methodology for managing the volume and interconnectedness of requirements, and for producing supervisory briefings that do not need to be rebuilt from scratch each time.

Who this is NOT for. Regulatory Affairs professionals at non-bank financial institutions where prudential regulation is not a primary stream. Compliance generalists who do not have direct supervisory interaction responsibility. Anyone whose role is primarily regulatory reporting (COREP, FINREP) rather than regulatory interpretation and supervisory engagement.

How it arrives

Text-based course in the Art of Service learning environment, plus downloadable templates and worked examples for every module, plus the hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.

Time investment. 12 modules. Most Regulatory Affairs professionals work through two to three modules per week alongside their current workload. The implementation playbook is designed to be used concurrently, so the methodology applies to live regulatory requirements as you work through the course.

Why $199 is the right number

EBA training programmes cover regulatory content, not methodology. Law firm briefings are reactive and do not give you a repeatable process. Hiring a consulting firm to run a gap analysis produces a point-in-time deliverable, not an internal capability. This course teaches the methodology so the Regulatory Affairs team owns the process going forward.

FAQ

Is this focused on French regulation specifically, or EU-wide?

The course is built around the EU regulatory framework that applies to any large EU bank, with the ECB and EBA as primary regulators. National transposition differences (including ACPR-specific requirements) are covered in module 10. The methodology applies regardless of the primary jurisdiction.

The modules cover a wide range of regulations. Is this a survey course?

No. The course teaches methodology, not regulatory content. The CRR III, DORA, SFDR, and AML modules are vehicles for applying the position paper, briefing, and horizon mapping methodology to the specific requirements a Regulatory Affairs team at a large EU bank is managing right now. Each module builds a reusable artefact, not a regulatory overview.

What does the implementation playbook include?

The implementation playbook is hand-built for the role. It maps the course methodology to the specific regulatory obligations currently active for a large EU universal bank, including a pre-built horizon map template populated with the current EBA and ECB forward work programme, a position paper template pre-structured for CRR III own-funds and DORA ICT risk documentation, and a supervisory briefing template calibrated for ECB SREP and thematic review cycles.

30-day money-back guarantee. If after a week of working through the materials this is not what you needed, reply to the receipt email and a full refund is processed. No questions, no forms.

Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.