CRED Successful and Skilful Communications 2025

When requesting an interaction, you need to consider

Specific know-how may be required from regulators ● Ensure availability of expertise at chosen authority ● Carefully select discussion topics Timing ● Meaningful data/ concepts for discussion are prerequisite for significant regulator feedback ● Dispatch of request for interaction by RA depends on availability of mature questions and outline of organisation position ● ‘Backward’ timeline planning

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Preparation of your discussion topics

• Questions must be ● Well-structured and precise

● Not open – regulators expect data-driven organisation position ● Strategic, having short- and long-term implications in mind • Answers are supposed to minimise the risk that development programme or parts of it do not meet expectation of your regulators • Anticipate and prepare for questions from your regulators – don’t fear them - evaluate them in advance • Work out organisation fall-back positions (WEB and Tradeables) and cross-check with peers/ team/ line manager on wording of questions • Make sure applicable guidelines are well understood, and that any deviations from existing guidelines are necessary

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